Monetary Policy, Credibility and Asymmetries : Small African Countries and the EMU Advent
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Keywords
Credibility; Monetary Policy; Exchange Rate Regime; EMU; International Monetary System; Exchange Rates;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
- F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IFN-2004-03-14 (International Finance)
- NEP-MAC-2004-03-14 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2004-03-14 (Monetary Economics)
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