Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/175896 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics No. 08/02
Publisher: 
Izmir University of Economics, Department of Economics, Izmir
Abstract: 
Many economists believe that the nature of exchange rate management was an important reason for rapid economic growth in East Asia. In this view, Asian countries avoided extreme exchange rate appreciations and kept their nominal exchange rates close to market clearing levels. In contrast, the inappropriate exchange rate policies pursued by many Latin American and African countries in the late 1970s and 1980s contributed a great deal towards their poor economic performance. This paper challenges the above views on the type of exchange rate policies adopted by the East Asian, Latin American and African countries. The empirical evidence fails to prove that the exchange rate policies of the East Asian economies were significantly different from those of other developing countries.
Subjects: 
Exchange rate policy
Trade policy
East Asian Miracle
exports growth
economic growth
JEL: 
F1
O24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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