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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hori, Masahiro, 1964- (Autor), Wong, Yu Ching (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2008.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/08/199.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction; II. Multiple Exchange Rate Regime in Myanmar; Box 1. Myanmar's Multiple Exchange Rate System; III. A Model for Myanmar's Foreign Exchange Markets; A. Preliminary Considerations; B. Model Description; IV. Quantitative Analyses; V. Sensitivity Analysis; VI. Summary of Findings; References; Figures; 1. Segmented Foreign Exchange Markets and Conceptual Foreign Exchange Rates; 2. Myanmar's Parallel Market Exchange Rate and its Premium over the Official Exchange Rate from 1960; 3. Efficiency Effects in the Public Sector Trade
  • 4. Efficiency Effects in the Private Sector TradeTables; 1. Net Efficiency Losses Relative to the Value of Trade Flows; 2. Estimated Price Elasticities of Trade Flows in the Earlier Studies; 3. Net Efficiency Loss Estimates under the Baseline Parameters (2004/05-2006/07); 4. Net Efficiency Loss Estimates under the Baseline Parameters (2004/05-2006/07) (Relative to Estimated Nominal GDP); 5. Sensitivity of Estimated Net Efficiency Losses to Assumed Parameters (2006/07)