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标题：Is the Franc Zone an Optimal Currency Area?
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作者：David Fielding ; Kalvinder Shields
期刊名称：Discussion Papers / University of Leicester, Department of Economics
出版年度：2000
卷号：2000
出版社：Leicester
摘要：In this paper we modify the method of Blanchard and Quah (1989) in order to estimate a structural VAR model appropriate for a small open economy. In this way we identify shocks to output and prices in the members of the two monetary unions that make up the African CFA Franc Zone. The costs of monetary union membership will depend on the extent to which price and output shocks are correlated across countries, and the degree of similarity in the long run effects of the shocks on the macro-economy. The policy conclusions depend on the relative importance of different macroeconomic variables to policymakers, and the speed with which a policymaker is able to respond to a shock.