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Exchange Rate Volatility and Optimum Currency Area Index : Evidence from Africa

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  • Chrysost BANGAKE, 2007. "Exchange Rate Volatility and Optimum Currency Area Index : Evidence from Africa," LEO Working Papers / DR LEO 603, Orleans Economics Laboratory / Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orleans (LEO), University of Orleans.
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