Stylized Facts on Bilateral Trade and Currency Unions : Implications for Africa /

This paper explores and quantifies several aspects of the performance of currency unions using an augmented version of the gravity model and focusing on two samples, the world and Africa. Our empirical findings suggest that, in principle, membership in a currency union should benefit Africa as much...

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Autore principale: Hulej, Michal
Altri autori: Ewenczyk, Pierre, Tsangarides, Charalambos
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/031
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF