Improving policy credibility: Is there a case for African monetary unions?

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1391-1407

  Guillaume, Dominique M ^a   Stasavage, David ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Monetary and fiscal policy; Political economy; Regional integration; Rules and discretion

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MONETARY UNION; POLICY STRATEGY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033915827     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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