The Renminbi and Poor-country Growth

World Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-294

  Garroway, Christopher ^a   Hacibedel, Burcu ^a   Reisen, Helmut ^a   Turkisch, Edouard ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXCHANGE RATE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84858082202     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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