Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63437 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2004/22
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We construct a structural macroeconometric model for member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. Fitting this model to annual and quarterly time series data allows us to identify the channels through which macroeconomic innovation in one country impact on other countries in the union. We also discover the extent of heterogeneity across the member states in terms of the degree of similarity of macroeconomic transmission mechanisms. This is one important element in measuring the costs of union membership for each country.
Subjects: 
West African Monetary Union
structural VAR
JEL: 
F15
F33
ISBN: 
9291906018
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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