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 Package: bvhar
 Type: Package
 Title: Bayesian Vector Heterogeneous Autoregressive Modeling
-Version: 2.1.2
+Version: 2.1.2.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Young Geun",
              family = "Kim",
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+# bvhar (development version)
+
 # bvhar 2.1.2
 
 * Fix MCMC algorithm for `include_mean = TRUE` case.