Policy elites in the political economy of China's exchange rate policymaking

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-51

  Liew, Leong H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY DEVALUATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; ELITE POLITICS; EXCHANGE RATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1242276365     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067056032000151328     Document Type: Article

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