Public debt and the exchange rate in the CFA franc zone

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-84

  Azam, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT POLICY; CFA FRANC ZONE; DEBT; EXCHANGE RATE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0030819735     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020923     Document Type: Article

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