Inflation and monetary policy in selected West and Central African countries

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 809-827

  Savvides, Andreas ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFA FRANC ZONE; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

AFRICA, (CENTRAL); AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0032079126     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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