External Stability Under Alternative Nominal Exchange Rate Anchors : An Application to the GCC Countries /

Import and export stability is examined under two alternative nominal exchange rate anchors, the U.S. dollar and the SDR. Stability under the two pegs depends critically on import and export elasticity with respect to exchange rates. The implications of import and export elasticity for an optimal cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iqbal, Zubair
Other Authors: Erbas, S.
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/008
Online Access:Full text available on IMF