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Yugoslav economy
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Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, UCB
UC Berkeley

Title:
Adjustment under different trade strategies: a mean-variance analysis with a CGE model of the
Yugoslav economy
Author:
Adelman, Irma, University of California, Berkeley and Giannini Foundation
Berck, Peter, University of California, Berkeley and Giannini Foundation
Labus, Miroljub, University of California, Berkeley
Vujovic, Dusan, University of California, Berkeley
Publication Date:
01-01-1990
Publication Info:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCB, UC Berkeley

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