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There are certainly sound economic reasons for early convertibility and rapid trade liberalisation and Cooper mentions some of them.

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Zecchini, S. (1997). Comments. In: Zecchini, S. (eds) Lessons from the Economic Transition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5368-3_33

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