Trade Elasticities in the Middle East and Central Asia : What is the Role of Oil? /

The analysis in this paper suggests that import and export volume elasticities are markedly lower in oil-exporting Middle East and Central Asian countries than in non-oil countries in the region. A key implication of this finding is that a real appreciation of the exchange rate in oil-exporting coun...

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מחבר ראשי: Billmeier, Andreas
מחברים אחרים: Hakura, Dalia
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/216
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF
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