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Costly Imports: Exchange rate shocks and trade misreporting by firms

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  • Zara Liaqat, Karrar Hussain, 2025. "Costly Imports: Exchange rate shocks and trade misreporting by firms," LCERPA Working Papers jc0154, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis, revised 2025.
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