How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries?

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2209-2219

  Nabli, Mustapha Kamel ^a   Veganzonès Varoudakis, Marie Ange ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CURRENCY MARKET; EXCHANGE RATE; MANUFACTURED EXPORT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7244243911     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000271373     Document Type: Article

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