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This paper reviews the creation and evolution of the European Economic Monetary Union (EEMU) and discusses the insights and perspectives of the key lessons for Asian economic integration utilizing an extensive review of the literature method. In order to implement a common monetary and economic...
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This paper derives a micro-founded gravity equation in general equilibrium based on a translog demand system that … allows for endogenous markups and rich substitution patterns across goods. In contrast to standard CES-based gravity … to be zero. I test the translog gravity equation and find strong empirical support in its favor. In an application to the …
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How do trade costs affect international trade? This paper offers a new approach. We rely on a flexible gravity equation …
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by means of a gravity model for bilateral trade flows using a panel of manufacture exports among twenty-four OECD …
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The paper applies fuzzy clustering techniques to developed and emerging economies in East Asia in order to arrive at an identification of potential subgroups of economies for monetary union. The statistical criteria employed are those suggested by the Optimal Currency Areas theory and the period...
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Among others, this paper presents the case for fixed exchange rates and monetary union in East Asia, the underlying motivation behind the rising interest on optimum currency areas (OCAs) in the Asian context. The paper also explicitly proposes the dollar as the monetary anchor. Twenty empirical...
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by means of a gravity model for bilateral trade flows using a panel of manufacture exports among twenty-four OECD …
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by means of a gravity model for bilateral trade flows using a panel of manufacture exports among twenty-four OECD …
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Deploying the classical optimum currency areas (OCA) theory and recent developments in the monetary literature, this paper evaluates the appropriateness of West African Monetary Union (WAEMU) as a monetary zone. Nine macroeconomic dimensions are investigated under which the first four items are...
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This paper attempts to assess the feasibility of Malaysia to rejoin the monetary union with Singapore and Brunei which it left in 1973 in terms of the real convergence criteria suggested by optimum currency areas (OCA) theory and the nominal convergence criteria specified by the Maastricht...
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