TY - BOOK AU - Rana,Pradumna Bickram TI - The impact of generalized floating on trade flows and reserve needs: selected Asian developing countries SN - 0824041771 : AV - HG3852 .R36 1983 U1 - 332.4'5'095 PY - 1983/// CY - New York PB - Garland Pub. KW - Foreign exchange rates KW - Foreign exchange KW - Developing countries N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--Vanderbilt University, 1979); Includes bibliographical references: p. 216-227 N2 - The dissertation focuses on the validity of the first two sets of complaints. To begin with, since Cline's study did not find any trade-diverting bias, the dissertation attempts to examine the anti-trade bias of the present system. it was not possible to study the effect of exchange risk on capital flows because of the unavailability and unreliability of data. With regard to the second set of problems, the dissertation seeks to study the reserve needs of LDCs under the present system. The dissertation is organized in the form of four essays which are basically independent of each other ER -