The GCC Monetary Union : Some Considerations for the Exchange Rate Regime /

We compare the dollar peg to a dollar-euro basket peg as alternative exchange rate regimes for the incipient Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) currency union. Quantitative evidence suggests basket peg does not dominate dollar peg for improving external stability. However, as GCC exports and external fi...

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Glavni avtor: Guerami, Behrouz
Drugi avtorji: Abed, George, Erbas, S.
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/066
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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