Efficiency Costs of Myanmar's Multiple Exchange Rate Regime /

Myanmar's multiple exchange rate system creates various economic distortions. This paper describes the exchange rate practices in Myanmar, develops a model of foreign exchange markets, and presents the efficiency costs imposed by quasi-fiscal operation under the current exchange rate regime. Th...

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Glavni avtor: Hori, Masahiro
Drugi avtorji: Wong, Yu Ching
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/199
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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