Reserve Pooling in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the CFA Franc Zone : A Comparative Analysis /

The paper presents a comparison of the gains from the pooling of reserves, and hence reserve variability, in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the CFA franc zone. The results indicate that countries within the ECCU area have achieved greater balance of payments protection than the CFA...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Selvon, Hazel
مؤلفون آخرون: Polius, Tracy, Williams, Oral
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/104
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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