Dollars for sale: Exchange rate policy and inflation in Africa

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1843-1859

  Azam, Jean Paul ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; INFLATION;

GUINEA; NIGERIA;

EID: 0032704214     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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