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Fiscal Reform and Monetary Union in West Africa

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dc.creator Hefeker, Carsten
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:21Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:21Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19165
dc.identifier ppn:363126686
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:hwwadp:26257
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19165
dc.description The paper explores the interaction between the proposed monetary union for ECOWAS and structural reforms of fiscal policy. The effects depend to a large extent on the degree of similarity of member countries. In a monetary union of similar countries, member states run a more distortive fiscal policy, while their structural reform efforts will fall. This is also the case for countries that unilaterally peg to an anchor currency or introduce a foreign currency. In an monetary union with dissimilar countries the reverse can happen for those member states that are confronted with high distortion countries. This result implies that current WAEMU members will run a less distortive fiscal policy after the inclusion of other members of ECOWAS.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation HWWA Discussion Paper 224
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F33
dc.subject E61
dc.subject E63
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject West Africa
dc.subject monetary union
dc.subject fiscal policy
dc.subject structural reforms
dc.subject Finanzpolitik
dc.subject Geldpolitik
dc.subject Währungsunion
dc.subject Konvergenzkriterien
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject ECOWAS-Staaten
dc.title Fiscal Reform and Monetary Union in West Africa
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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