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Yen Bloc or Dollar Bloc? Exchange Rate Policies of the East Asian Economies

In: Macroeconomic Linkage: Savings, Exchange Rates, and Capital Flows

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  • Jeffrey A. Frankel & Shang-Jin Wei, 1994. "Yen Bloc or Dollar Bloc? Exchange Rate Policies of the East Asian Economies," NBER Chapters, in: Macroeconomic Linkage: Savings, Exchange Rates, and Capital Flows, pages 295-333, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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