Should African Monetary Unions Be Expanded? : An Empirical Investigation of the Scope for Monetary Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa /

This paper develops a full-fledged cost-benefit analysis of monetary integration, and applies it to the currency unions actively pursued in Africa. The benefits of monetary union come from a more credible monetary policy, while the costs derive from real shock asymmetries and fiscal disparities. The...

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Hlavní autor: Debrun, Xavier
Další autoři: Masson, Paul, Pattillo, Catherine
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/157
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF