The GCC's fixed exchange rate: A major anomaly for OCA analysis

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1702-1717

  Willett, Thomas D ^a   Al Barwani, Khalfan M ^b   El Hag, Sherine M ^c  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82455249892     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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