South Africa and Southern African Monetary Union: A critical review of sources of costs and benefits

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Khamfula, Yohane ^a   Tesfayohannes, Mengsteab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; MONETARY UNION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4344706083     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2004.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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