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Code and data files for "Fiscal Policy and Default Risk in Emerging Markets"

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In this article, all Matlab and C++ programs necessary to produce the results of the article were described and a spreadsheet with Mexican data was also provided, along with a spreadsheet containing Mexican data.
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All Matlab and C++ programs necessary to produce the results of the article. There is also a Excel spreadsheet with Mexican data.

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