Monetary Union in West Africa : An Agency of Restraint for Fiscal Policies? /

Could a West African monetary union (either of the non-CFA countries, or all ECOWAS members) be an effective "agency of restraint" on fiscal policies? We discuss how monetary union could affect fiscal discipline and the arguments for explicit fiscal restraints considered in the European Mo...

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Autor principal: Pattillo, Catherine
Altres autors: Masson, Paul
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/034
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF