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		| Siew-voon  Soon  | 
	
	
		| Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia | 
	
	
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		| Universiti Putra Malaysia | 
	
	
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		| Serdang, Selangor 43400 | 
	
	
		| Malaysia | 
	
	
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		| sv_soon2001@yahoo.com | 
	
	
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		JEL Areas: E3 : Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) F3 : International Finance: General |