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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Currency union"”.
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An investigation of the effect of the European currency union (euro) on sectoral trade: an application of the gravity model of trade.
The introduction of the single currency (Euro) in Europe has been referred to as the worlds largest economic experiment and has led to major research on the effects of the adoption of a common currency on economic activity with considerable emphasis on its effect on trade flows at the macroeconomic …
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The Potential Impact on Trade of a Monetary Union in Southern Africa
… be generated as a result of a hypothetical SADC currency union and to analyse its importance for policy. It can serve as a basis for the promotion of regional integration as a means of increasing intraregional trade in the region, on the continent and, ultimately, international trade. Regional …
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South Africa In Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Integration In the Southern African Development Community Using Hegemonic Stability Theory
… steps to deeper economic integration and a currency union are likely to be implemented soon; and how the efforts in the SADC sub-region compare to those undertaken in the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States, and continental efforts towards an African …
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Alternative Exchange Regimes in Oil Exporting Economies: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council
… of the GCC economies to move towards a single currency and compares the GCC proposed currency union with the Euro experience.Researchers supporting fixed exchange regime believe that it leads to a better inflation performance according to Ghosh et. al. (1996), Hausmann et. al. (1999) and …
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Adopting the Euro in the Midst of Crisis. Lithuania: a Case Study
… tested the viability of the Eurozone as a single currency union. Despite uncertainty about the future of the euro, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia went forward with adoption. This paper examines Lithuania’s road to the euro from 2004, when it joined the European Union, through to entry into the …
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An Assessment of Monetary Integration in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ): Feasibility and Trade Implication
… of the main issues in the debate of the monetary union in the WAMZ, namely the degree of asymmetry in macroeconomic shocks. The study examines the real effective exchange rate (REER) behaviour among the prospective candidates to assess the degree of potential costs of giving up monetary policy …
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Essays on an ASEAN Optimal Currency Area
… monetary integration of the European Monetary Union (EMU). Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have shown an interest in such an arrangement. ASEAN is a political, cultural, and economic association that includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, …
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ECONOMIC AND MONETARY INTEGRATION IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC): A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE
… into practice the guidelines which will make the Currency and Economic Union successful. This study will extend the literature on Economic and Monetary Integration in the context of the GCC monetary union. A literature review of the theory of Optimum Currency Areas (OCA) examines the development …
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SSA's Development Delay: Three Essays on The Monetary System, The International Trade and Property Rights
… analysis is conducted between the CFA franc currency union countries and the non-members of SSA to see whether the CFA franc countries exhibit lower inflation in the short and the long run compared to other countries. This chapter also assesses the money supply growth, output growth and money …
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Implosion in Greece? An analysis of the Greek debt crisis and its impacts on Europe and world markets
… the crisis. The chapters of this study explore currency unions in theory and practice, the operational components of the Eurozone, fiscal policy and its importance in Eurozone maintenance, and provide an overview of the events leading up to the Greek debt crisis. It analyzes strategies …
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Essays on macroeconomics and risk premium
… to a risk premium shock when a country is in a currency union. In the context of an open economy New Keynesian model, I show that the government should not deviate from the optimal provision of public goods at an attempt to stabilize the economy. A consumption tax is used to lean against the …
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Lost in Transition: How Ireland and Three Other Small Open Economies Responded to Europeanisation 1987-2013
… to assimilate the requirements of living in a currency union. Moreover, democratic corporatism in an Irish context was not embedded. It is imperative that Ireland recaptures this developmentalism and repertories of action to help it do so are identified. A number of dilemmas confronting the …
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Birthing the Eco: Towards a West African Law on Economic and Monetary Union
… for the failure to achieve economic and monetary union (EMU) in the Economic Community of West African States. Economists and political scientists have proffered answers to this ‘why’ question from the prisms of their respective disciplines. They argue that the macroeconomic structures and …