The "Gulliver Effect" and the "Optimal Divergence" Approach to Trade Policies : The Case of Nepal.

The relevant 'size' of an economy is affected by its environment. A country could be small in the world economy yet become big in relation to its smaller neighbors, imposing on them its relative price structure and the consequences of its trade policies. We examine here the consequences of...

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Autor corporatiu: International Monetary Fund
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/092
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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