Monetary union in West Africa: Who might gain, who might lose, and why?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 454-481

  Debrun, Xavier ^a   Masson, Paul ^b   Pattillo, Catherine ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MONETARY UNION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19944424850     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2005.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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