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The Impact of Monetary Union on Macroeconomic Integration: Evidence from West Africa

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  • David Fielding
  • Kalvinder Shields

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In this paper we use data from 17 African nations in order to investigate the hypothesis that monetary union - represented in this case by the CFA Franc Zone - augments the extent of macroeconomic integration. The paper covers a number of dimensions of integration including the volume of bilateral trade, real exchange rate volatility and the magnitude of cross-country business cycle correlation.

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  • David Fielding & Kalvinder Shields, 2004. "The Impact of Monetary Union on Macroeconomic Integration: Evidence from West Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-17, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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