Africa's monetary integration plans: an empirical assessment Hennecke, Peter , 1985- (VerfasserIn) Rauscher, Michael , 1958- (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Neuberger, Doris , 1962- (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Universität Rostock (Grad-verleihende Institution) Universität Rostock Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät (Grad-verleihende Institution) Text theses Text Hochschulschrift 2016 2016 eng electronic resourceremoteComputermedienOnline-Ressource1 Online-Ressource The African Union seeks to create eight regional economic and monetary communities until 2023, which shall ultimately be merged to a continental African Economic and Monetary Union until 2034. As the economic rationale for creating a single market for goods, services and labor seem straightforward; making a compelling case for a single currency is much harder. This dissertation empirically assesses how Africa and its regions meet the criteria for optimum currency areas and concludes that Africa should abandon its plans of monetary unification for the foreseeable future.<eng> vorgelegt von Peter Hennecke GutachterInnen: Michael Rauscher (Universität Rostock, Lehrstuhl Außenwirtschaft) ; Doris Neuberger (Universität Rostock, Lehrstuhl Geld und Kredit) Dissertation Universität Rostock 2016 330 QG 700 MI 10030 15.92 83.30 83.44 http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001829 Africa's monetary integration plans--(DE-627)874933781 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2016-0143-1 doi: 10.18453/rosdok_id00001829 oclc: 966425895 ppn: (DE-627)875110894