The Southern African Development Community: Suitable for a monetary union?

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 699-714

  Khamfula, Yohane ^a   Huizinga, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic integration; Fiscal policy coordination; Monetary policy coordination; Monetary union; Real exchange rate

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; FISCAL POLICY; MONETARY UNION; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1442286992     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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