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		| Victoria  Miller | 
	
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		| ''When banks are patients: The factors that determine treatment'' | 
	
		| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.2 ) | 
	
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		| The paper argues that the factors that determine treatment priority in socialized medicine, namely gravity of complaint and patient “importance” are similar to those that determine whether or not a frail banking system will be bailed out in a fixed exchange rate regime. | 
	
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		| JEL: F3 - International Finance: General G2 - Financial Institutions and Services: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Dec 22 2008 |  | Manuscript Accepted : May 19 2009 | 
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