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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1. Verfasser: Pattillo, Catherine
Weitere Verfasser: Masson, Paul
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/034
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