Setting the Stage for a National Currency in the West Bank and Gaza : The Choice of Exchange Rate Regime /

This paper sheds light on the quantitative behavioral responses of key economic variables in the Palestinian economy in the face of major economic shocks and draws implications for the choice of an exchange rate regime should a decision be taken to introduce a national currency. Time-series regressi...

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Hovedforfatter: Kandil, Magda
Andre forfattere: Beidas, S.
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/070
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF
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