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Bond Losses and Systemic Risk. / Barbosa, Klenio; De Silva, Dakshina; Yang, Liyu et al.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2020. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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Barbosa, K, De Silva, D, Yang, L & Yoshimoto, H 2020 'Bond Losses and Systemic Risk' Economics Working Papers Series, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Barbosa, K., De Silva, D., Yang, L., & Yoshimoto, H. (2020). Bond Losses and Systemic Risk. (Economics Working Papers Series). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Barbosa K, De Silva D, Yang L, Yoshimoto H. Bond Losses and Systemic Risk. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2020 Jan. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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Barbosa, Klenio ; De Silva, Dakshina ; Yang, Liyu et al. / Bond Losses and Systemic Risk. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2020. (Economics Working Papers Series).

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