TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 56, Issue 4 (November 2009)
Original Articles
The Costs of Sovereign Default
Eduardo Borensztein, and Ugo Panizza
IMF Staff pap 56: 683-741; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.21
On the Probabilistic Approach to Fiscal Sustainability: Structural Breaks and Non-Normality
Nathaniel Frank, and Eduardo Ley
IMF Staff pap 56: 742-757; advance online publication, July 14, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.9
External Linkages and Contagion Risk in Irish Banks
Elena Duggar, and Srobona Mitra
IMF Staff pap 56: 758-786; advance online publication, February 17, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.38
Foreign Aid with Voracious Politics
Alex Mourmouras, and Peter Rangazas
IMF Staff pap 56: 787-810; advance online publication, April 21, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.5
What Explains the Rapid Growth in Transition Economies?
Garbis Iradian
IMF Staff pap 56: 811-851; advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.1
The Optimal Level of Reserves for Low-Income Countries: Self-Insurance against External Shocks
Regis Barnichon
IMF Staff pap 56: 852-875; advance online publication, July 7, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.15
Are Africa's Currency Unions Good for Trade?
Charalambos Tsangarides, Pierre Ewenczyk, Michal Hulej, and Mahvash Saeed Qureshi
IMF Staff pap 56: 876-918; advance online publication, November 11, 2008; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2008.27
International Competitiveness of the Mediterranean Quartet: A Heterogeneous-Product Approach
Herman Z Bennett, and Ziga Zarnic
IMF Staff pap 56: 919-957; advance online publication, July 14, 2009; doi:10.1057/imfsp.2009.14


