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TION: ADVANCED COUNTRIES *Obstfeld, Maurice and Kenneth Rogoff, "The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics: Is There a Common Cause?" in Ben Bernanke and Kenneth Rogoff (eds.), NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2000 (Cambridge: MIT Press), pp. 339-390 (Comments 390-412). Lecture notes. *Obstfeld and Rogo

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