Firm-level responses to the CFA devaluation in Cameroon

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-34

  Tybout, James ^a   Gauthier, Bernard ^a   Navaretti, Giorgio Barba ^a   De Melo, Jaime ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFA FRANC DEVALUATION; CFA FRANC ZONE; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPORT PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0030678528     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020921     Document Type: Article

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