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| A Distant Mirror of Debt, Default, and Relief |
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0 |
0 |
118 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
289 |
| A Distant Mirror of Debt, Default, and Relief |
0 |
1 |
2 |
187 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
342 |
| A Distant Mirror of Debt, Default, and Relief |
0 |
0 |
1 |
53 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
115 |
| A Pecking Order Theory of Sovereign Default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
124 |
| China as an International Lender of Last Resort |
3 |
7 |
13 |
60 |
14 |
18 |
34 |
128 |
| China as an International Lender of Last Resort |
0 |
0 |
9 |
72 |
2 |
3 |
27 |
114 |
| China as an international lender of last resort |
0 |
1 |
3 |
28 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
34 |
| China's Overseas Lending |
1 |
1 |
5 |
47 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
176 |
| China's overseas lending |
1 |
1 |
1 |
289 |
1 |
10 |
15 |
2,375 |
| China’s Overseas Lending |
3 |
5 |
13 |
228 |
5 |
8 |
34 |
823 |
| China’s Overseas Lending |
0 |
0 |
2 |
54 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
105 |
| Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending |
0 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
50 |
| Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending |
0 |
3 |
5 |
48 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
157 |
| Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending |
0 |
1 |
2 |
28 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
57 |
| Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending |
0 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
52 |
| Coping with disasters: Two centuries of international official lending |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
51 |
| Corona Politics:The cost of mismanaging pandemics |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
34 |
| Corona politics: The cost of mismanaging pandemics |
0 |
0 |
1 |
38 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
203 |
| Der deutsch-französische Vorschlag zu einer EU-Finanztransaktionssteuer: Internationale Einordnung und Politikempfehlungen |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
46 |
| ECB Interventions in Distressed Sovereign Debt Markets: The Case of Greek Bonds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
87 |
| ECB Interventions in Distressed Sovereign Debt Markets: The Case of Greek Bonds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
85 |
| ECB Interventions in Distressed Sovereign Debt Markets: The Case of Greek Bonds |
0 |
0 |
1 |
94 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
302 |
| ECB interventions in distressed sovereign debt markets: The case of Greek bonds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
43 |
| ECB interventions in distressed sovereign debt markets: The case of Greek bonds |
2 |
2 |
2 |
27 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
74 |
| European community bonds since the oil crisis: Lessons for today? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
38 |
| Europäische Gemeinschaftsanleihen seit der Ölkrise: Lehren für heute? |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
60 |
| Explaining labour market inactivity in migrant-sending families: Housework, hammock, or higher education? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
214 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
758 |
| Exportweltmeister- Germany's Foreign Investment Returns in International Comparison |
1 |
6 |
23 |
85 |
5 |
29 |
103 |
248 |
| Exportweltmeister: Germany's Foreign Investment Returns in International Comparison |
0 |
1 |
6 |
28 |
0 |
4 |
32 |
159 |
| Exportweltmeister: The Low Returns on Germany’s Capital Exports |
1 |
1 |
2 |
27 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
99 |
| External sovereign debt restructurings: Delay and replay |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
| Foreign Law Bonds: Can They Reduce Sovereign Borrowing Costs? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
188 |
| Foreign-Law Bonds: Can They Reduce Sovereign Borrowing Costs? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
48 |
| Foreign-Law Bonds: Can They Reduce Sovereign Borrowing Costs? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
46 |
| Foreign-law bonds: Can they reduce sovereign borrowing costs? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
50 |
| Foreign-law bonds: can they reduce sovereign borrowing costs? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
57 |
| Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815-2015 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
183 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
510 |
| Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
44 |
| Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
185 |
| Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
192 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
271 |
| Going to Extremes: Politics after Financial Crises, 1870-2014 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
584 |
0 |
8 |
22 |
2,717 |
| Going to Extremes: Politics after Financial Crises, 1870-2014 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
191 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
394 |
| Going to extremes: Politics after financial crises, 1870-2014 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
32 |
454 |
| Hidden Defaults |
0 |
0 |
5 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
140 |
| Hidden defaults |
1 |
3 |
4 |
35 |
2 |
7 |
15 |
79 |
| How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments |
1 |
3 |
7 |
32 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
104 |
| How China lends: A rare look into 100 debt contracts with foreign governments |
1 |
1 |
8 |
46 |
1 |
7 |
32 |
129 |
| Kurzgutachten zu Staatsschuldenkrisen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
59 |
| Mass migration and seasonality: Evidence on Moldova's labour exodus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
140 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
456 |
| Mass migration and seasonality: evidence on Moldova's labour exodus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
171 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
612 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
155 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
118 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
0 |
0 |
0 |
56 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
119 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
0 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
667 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
106 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
0 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
22 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
4 |
6 |
31 |
254 |
12 |
26 |
141 |
939 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
0 |
0 |
2 |
39 |
1 |
5 |
20 |
90 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
1 |
4 |
17 |
47 |
5 |
14 |
50 |
71 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
0 |
0 |
13 |
161 |
0 |
7 |
42 |
470 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
0 |
0 |
7 |
320 |
3 |
6 |
53 |
1,183 |
| Populist leaders and the economy |
0 |
2 |
10 |
45 |
2 |
7 |
27 |
129 |
| Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises: The Role of Political Risk |
0 |
0 |
2 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
110 |
| Resolving sovereign debt crises: The role of political risk |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
68 |
| Restructuring sovereign bonds: Holdouts, haircuts and the effectiveness of CACs |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
41 |
| Restructuring sovereign bonds: holdouts, haircuts and the effectiveness of CACs |
0 |
0 |
2 |
45 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
169 |
| Seasonal migration and networks-evidence on Moldova’s labour exodus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
46 |
| Seasonal migration and networks: Evidence on Moldova's labour exodus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
164 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
37 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
88 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
45 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
3 |
47 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
85 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
1 |
42 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
30 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
83 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
231 |
| Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
3 |
76 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
278 |
| Sovereign Debt Relief and Its Aftermath |
0 |
0 |
1 |
66 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
129 |
| Sovereign Debt Relief and Its Aftermath |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
102 |
| Sovereign Debt Relief and its Aftermath |
0 |
0 |
2 |
140 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
603 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings 1950-2010: Literature Survey, Data, and Stylized Facts |
1 |
2 |
6 |
334 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
819 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default |
1 |
2 |
2 |
29 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
81 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
90 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
108 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default |
0 |
0 |
3 |
106 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
311 |
| Sovereign Debt in the 21st Century |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
26 |
| Sovereign Debt in the 21st Century |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
95 |
| Sovereign Debt in the 21st Century: Looking Backward, Looking Forward |
0 |
0 |
1 |
43 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
66 |
| Sovereign Default Risk and Private Sector Access to Capital in Emerging Markets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
184 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
476 |
| Sovereign Defaults in Court |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
136 |
| Sovereign Defaults in Court |
0 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
117 |
| Sovereign Defaults: The Price of Haircuts |
0 |
0 |
2 |
367 |
2 |
7 |
42 |
1,624 |
| Sovereign Haircuts: 200 Years of Creditor Losses |
0 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
36 |
36 |
| Sovereign bonds since Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
1 |
32 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
26 |
| Sovereign debt disputes: A database on government coerciveness during debt crises |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
97 |
| Sovereign debt in the 21st century |
0 |
2 |
5 |
36 |
2 |
9 |
19 |
68 |
| Sovereign defaults in court |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
63 |
| Sovereign defaults in court |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
161 |
| Sovereign defaults: The price of haircuts |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
144 |
| The Cost of Aggressive Sovereign Debt Policies: How Much is theprivate Sector Affected? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
118 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
388 |
| The Cost of Populism: Evidence from history |
1 |
2 |
9 |
69 |
1 |
4 |
22 |
104 |
| The Debt Pandemic |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
| The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries |
0 |
0 |
1 |
71 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
355 |
| The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
185 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
32 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
105 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
497 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
18 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
94 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
57 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
95 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
230 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
99 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
333 |
| The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy |
1 |
1 |
4 |
228 |
2 |
3 |
21 |
727 |
| The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy |
0 |
2 |
6 |
111 |
1 |
4 |
23 |
449 |
| The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
139 |
| The Greek debt restructuring: An autopsy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
115 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
144 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
0 |
63 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
106 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
98 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
1 |
37 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
207 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
0 |
103 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
74 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
59 |
| The Output Costs of Hard and Soft Sovereign Default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
75 |
| The Output Costs of Hard and Soft Sovereign Default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
205 |
| The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
80 |
| The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
81 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
151 |
| The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
99 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
148 |
| The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829-2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
69 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
65 |
| The Seniority Structure of Sovereign Debt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
61 |
| The Seniority Structure of Sovereign Debt |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
47 |
| The Seniority Structure of Sovereign Debt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
179 |
| The Ukraine Support Tracker: Which countries help Ukraine and how? |
4 |
16 |
47 |
178 |
14 |
176 |
428 |
1,381 |
| The economic drivers of human trafficking: micro-evidence from five Eastern European countries |
0 |
1 |
4 |
656 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
2,690 |
| The economics of human trafficking and labour migration: Micro-evidence from Eastern Europe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
168 |
| The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy: Evidence from a former Soviet Republic |
0 |
0 |
3 |
63 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
197 |
| The output costs of hard and soft sovereign default |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
77 |
| The seniority structure of sovereign debt |
1 |
1 |
2 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
146 |
| The seniority structure of sovereign debt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
58 |
| Trade credit during financial crises: Do negotiated agreements work? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
47 |
| Und wieder Argentinien: Warum das Land vor dem neunten Staatsbankrott steht |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
45 |
| Use of socio-economic criteria for intergovernmental transfers: The case of India |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
171 |
| What Explains Sovereign Debt Litigation? |
0 |
0 |
1 |
49 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
254 |
| Who lends to Africa and how? Introducing the Africa Debt Database |
1 |
1 |
12 |
85 |
4 |
7 |
42 |
159 |
| Total Working Papers |
30 |
88 |
360 |
9,932 |
130 |
625 |
1,927 |
35,470 |
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| China's overseas lending |
1 |
4 |
32 |
146 |
8 |
19 |
87 |
461 |
| Debt Distress on China's Belt and Road |
0 |
3 |
30 |
97 |
0 |
9 |
48 |
144 |
| ECB Interventions in Distressed Sovereign Debt Markets: The Case of Greek Bonds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
131 |
| Financial Crises and the Populist Right |
1 |
2 |
9 |
21 |
5 |
14 |
37 |
110 |
| Foreign-Law Bonds: Can They Reduce Sovereign Borrowing Costs? |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
16 |
| Foreign-law bonds: Can they reduce sovereign borrowing costs? |
0 |
0 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
156 |
| Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815-2015 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
145 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
434 |
| Going to extremes: Politics after financial crises, 1870–2014 |
13 |
25 |
108 |
1,488 |
29 |
76 |
322 |
5,561 |
| Hidden Defaults |
0 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
36 |
| Political Booms, Financial Crises |
1 |
3 |
9 |
50 |
4 |
10 |
24 |
222 |
| Populist Leaders and the Economy |
10 |
16 |
78 |
162 |
19 |
36 |
182 |
344 |
| Populists in Power: Economic and Political Consequences |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
| Resolving sovereign debt crises: the role of political risk |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
74 |
| Restructuring Sovereign Bonds: Holdouts, Haircuts and the Effectiveness of CACs |
0 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
127 |
| SOVEREIGN DEBT RELIEF AND ITS AFTERMATH |
0 |
1 |
3 |
77 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
268 |
| SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS: PREEMPTIVE OR POST-DEFAULT |
0 |
0 |
5 |
54 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
208 |
| Seasonal Migration and Networks—Evidence on Moldova’s Labour Exodus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
81 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
318 |
| Sovereign Bonds Since Waterloo |
1 |
14 |
29 |
58 |
4 |
26 |
59 |
173 |
| Sovereign Debt Relief and Its Aftermath |
1 |
2 |
4 |
49 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
178 |
| Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Preemptive or Post-Default |
0 |
2 |
8 |
68 |
1 |
3 |
27 |
224 |
| Sovereign Debt in the Twenty-first Century |
0 |
0 |
5 |
29 |
1 |
4 |
22 |
76 |
| Sovereign Defaults: The Price of Haircuts |
2 |
2 |
6 |
192 |
5 |
6 |
27 |
588 |
| Sovereign debt disputes: A database on government coerciveness during debt crises |
0 |
1 |
3 |
133 |
1 |
4 |
13 |
430 |
| Sovereign defaults in court |
1 |
5 |
11 |
34 |
2 |
11 |
29 |
109 |
| The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic |
0 |
1 |
2 |
51 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
238 |
| The Greek debt restructuring: an autopsy |
1 |
1 |
6 |
96 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
278 |
| The International Monetary Fund: 70 Years of Reinvention |
0 |
0 |
2 |
81 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
356 |
| The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829–2015 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
30 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
190 |
| The economics of human trafficking and labour migration: Micro-evidence from Eastern Europe |
0 |
1 |
3 |
239 |
1 |
5 |
24 |
985 |
| The output costs of hard and soft sovereign default |
2 |
2 |
9 |
148 |
4 |
6 |
30 |
449 |
| Wohlstand in Gefahr? Ursachen und Folgen von Populismus |
0 |
0 |
10 |
26 |
2 |
4 |
22 |
64 |
| Total Journal Articles |
35 |
86 |
387 |
3,672 |
99 |
274 |
1,095 |
12,960 |
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