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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pattillo, Catherine
Other Authors: Masson, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/034
Online Access:Full text available on IMF