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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guerami, Behrouz
Other Authors: Abed, George, Erbas, S.
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/066
Online Access:Full text available on IMF