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GCC monetary union and the transmission of business cycles: evidence from temporal correlations

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  • Imed Medhioub
  • Lotfi Ben Jedidia

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The aim of this paper is to verify the readiness for monetary union among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. To do so, we know that business cycle synchronisation is a good tool to test for the possible success of a monetary union. The empirical results for the GCC countries are close to those for the OECD and European Union countries, especially for the case of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Thus, the economic and financial indicators are positive, implying that the GCC countries are ready for the creation of a monetary union, but political decisions will be more effective in reducing the barriers to the creation of this union.

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  • Imed Medhioub & Lotfi Ben Jedidia, 2017. "GCC monetary union and the transmission of business cycles: evidence from temporal correlations," International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmefi:v:10:y:2017:i:1:p:1-23
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