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External and Regional Shocks in the GCC Region

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<strong>External</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong><strong>Region</strong>al</strong> <strong>Shocks</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>GCC</strong> <strong>Region</strong>:Implications for a Common Exchange Rate RegimeEisa A. Aleisa, Shawkat Hammoudeh <strong>and</strong> Yuan YuanWork<strong>in</strong>g Paper 426August 2008A prelim<strong>in</strong>ary version of this paper was presented at <strong>the</strong> thirty-first annual conference of<strong>the</strong> Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) held <strong>in</strong> Chicago, IL, January 4-7, 2007.The authors wish to thank <strong>the</strong> conference participants <strong>and</strong> Mark Thompson for usefulcomments.Eisa A. Aleisa, Monetary <strong>and</strong> Capital Market Dept. (MCM), International Monetary Fund,Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, DCEmail: ealeisa@imf.org.Shawkat Hammoudeh ,Lebow College of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess, Drexel University, PhiladelphiaEmail: hammousm@drexel.edu.Yuan Yuan ,Lebow College of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess, Drexel University, PhiladelphiaEmail: yy23@drexel.edu.0

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