Welfare Effects of Monetary Integration The Common Monetary Area and Beyond

Author/creator Asonuma, Tamon Author
Other author Debrun, Xavier Author
Other author Masson, Paul R. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington : International Monetary Fund
Description23 p.
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Summary Annotation This paper proposes a quantitative assessment of the welfare effects arising from the Common Monetary Area (CMA) and an array of broader grouping among Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Model simulations suggest that (i) participating in the CMA benefits all members; (ii) joining the CMA individually is beneficial for all SADC members except Angola, Mauritius and Tanzania; (iii) creating a symmetric CMA-wide monetary union with a regional central bank carries some costs in terms of foregone anti-inflationary credibility; and (iv) SADC-wide symmetric monetary union continues to be beneficial for all except Mauritius, although the gains for existing CMA members are likely to be limited.
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