Emilie Rutledge

Monetary Union in the Gulf (eBook, ePUB)

Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At a time of momentous shifts in the balance of world economic forces epitomized by the current oil price boom, the weakening US dollar and the global credit crunch; the meteoric rise of the Arabian peninsula cannot be understated. Neither, therefore, can their planned monetary union. As key suppliers of the worlds oil and gas the Gulf states have

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134046300
• Artikelnr.: 38461213

Autorenporträt

Emilie Rutledge is Assistant Professor of Economics at the United Arab Emirates National University. She regularly contributes articles and opinion pieces on GCC economic issues to the regional press. Previously she worked as an economist at the Gulf Research Center, a Dubai-based think tank.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Rodney Wilson 1. Introduction 2. Characteristics of the GCC
Economies 3. Is the GCC an Optimal Currency Area? 4. Policy Prerequisites
for a GCC Monetary Union 5. The Potential Costs of a GCC Monetary Union 6.
The Potential Benefits of a GCC Monetary Union 7. Prospects for a GCC
Monetary Union - A Preliminary Balance Sheet 8. Future Issues and
Controversies