Macroeconomic shocks and trade flows within Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for optimum currency arrangements

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 412-444

  Bayoumi, Tamim ^a   Ostry, Jonathan D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC SHOCK; MONETARY ARRANGEMENT; TRADE FLOWS;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0031428689     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020935     Document Type: Article

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