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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Optimum-currency-areas"”.
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Optimum currency areas in Africa : a genetic optimisation approach
We seek to establish whether a single currency for the entire African continent is the best way to achieve the desired level of economic integration. We put forward multiple regional currency groups as an alternative scenario to one single currency group for the whole continent.
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Optimum currency areas in the sub Sahara region : examining eligibility of the east African community for a monetary union
… In general we find that the EAC is an optimal currency area backed up by a significant and growing trade flow within the block. Also we find that unique country’s variables have some influences on the flow of capital and labour in the economies. In addition, the flow of FDI is growing in …
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Namibia and the common monetary area : costs, benefits and choices
… study analyses if the Common Monetary Area 1s an optimum currency area for Namibia. It analyses if Namibia should continue its membership of the Common Monetary Area or whether it should consider alternative exchange rate regimes. The analysis was done in terms of the theory of optimum currency …
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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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Modelling the Economic and Political Factors of Optimum Currency Area Theory for the Adoption of the Single Currency Project in Gulf Cooperation Council
… as well as a political bloc. The theory of optimum currency areas provides the economic foundation for this research. Previous studies focused largely on the eight prerequisites of an optimum currency area. Political events in the Gulf region for the decade up to 2016 have underscored the …
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Birthing the Eco: Towards a West African Law on Economic and Monetary Union
… the restructuring of the Ecozone into a digital currency area, with the Eco as digital public money circulating in parallel to national currencies. This will compel macroeconomic convergence in the Ecozone consistent with the endogeneity thesis of optimum currency areas. The main contributions of …
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An Assessment of Monetary Integration in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ): Feasibility and Trade Implication
… evaluates the potential effect of a common currency on trade among WAMZ member countries. Using the existing currency union in ECOWAS, the CFA franc zone, the chapter estimates the effect of a common currency on bilateral trade over the period 1980-2016 using the gravity model. The main …