Macroeconomic Shocks and Trade Flows within Sub-Saharan Africa : Implications for Optimum Currency Arrangements /

Africa has more countries than any other continent, and hence the largest number of potential monetary and exchange rate arrangements. This paper looks at whether the existing highly fractured monetary arrangements in Sub-Saharan Africa correspond to what might be expected from the theory of optimum...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Bayoumi, Tamim
Weitere Verfasser: Ostry, Jonathan
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/142
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01722cas a2200253 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF000207
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781451927498 
022 |a 1018-5941 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
100 1 |a Bayoumi, Tamim. 
245 1 0 |a Macroeconomic Shocks and Trade Flows within Sub-Saharan Africa :   |b Implications for Optimum Currency Arrangements /  |c Tamim Bayoumi, Jonathan Ostry. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 1995. 
300 |a 1 online resource (34 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Working Papers 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a Africa has more countries than any other continent, and hence the largest number of potential monetary and exchange rate arrangements. This paper looks at whether the existing highly fractured monetary arrangements in Sub-Saharan Africa correspond to what might be expected from the theory of optimum currency areas. This is done by analyzing both the size and correlation of real disturbances across countries and the level of intra-regional trade. The results indicate little evidence that Sub-Saharan African countries would benefit in the near future from larger currency unions. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
700 1 |a Ostry, Jonathan. 
830 0 |a IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;  |v No. 1995/142 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/142/001.1995.issue-142-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library