Foreign Exchange Queues, Informal Traders, and a Zero Premium in the Black Market : A Cape Verdean Puzzle /

During 1996-98, several indicators hinted at the apparent unsustainability of Cape Verde's exchange rate peg. The country, faced with a considerable backlog of approved but unmet applications for foreign currencies, tolerated a parallel market. Street traders, however, demanded only negligible...

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Autore principale: Olters, Jan-Peter
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/110
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF