Real exchange rate appreciation, resource boom, and policy reform in Myanmar

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-126

  Kubo, Koji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

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EID: 84877795000     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apel.12005     Document Type: Article

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