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targets for macroeconomic convergence, intending to eliminate exchange rate uncertainty within the bloc and reduce the costs … the set macroeconomic targets has been very slow, resulting in high exchange rate uncertainty within the region. It is … on the exchange rate uncertainty of EAC states using secondary panel data. The study made use of standard deviation and …
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targets for macroeconomic convergence, intending to eliminate exchange rate uncertainty within the bloc and reduce the costs … the set macroeconomic targets has been very slow, resulting in high exchange rate uncertainty within the region. It is … on the exchange rate uncertainty of EAC states using secondary panel data. The study made use of standard deviation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803220
We undertake to estimate the effects of real exchange rate misalignment and regional integration on the service sector performance in selected countries from East Africa during the period of 1991-2017. The main findings, based on the traditional Pooled Mean Group ARDL technique as well as the...
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There is increasing interest in regional trade, investment, and currency blocs, and in the optimal public policies for such blocs. There is also much managerial interest in the co-movement of exchange rates in a region. The Eastern Caribbean Currency Bloc is one of only three (and one of the...
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This paper reconciles the persistence of aggregate real exchange rates with the faster adjustment of international relative prices in microeconomic data. Error correction model estimates indicate that a different mix of shocks drives international price deviations at the microeconomic level and...
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Simple general equilibrium (exchange) models of intra-EU trade generate equalized relative prices of consumer tradables. Simultaneously, more dispersed domestic relative prices of consumer non-tradables are generated. Consequently, the purchasing power parity/exchange rate ratios may move...
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We analyze the effectiveness of the foreign exchange market interventionsconducted by the European Central Bank (ECB) in the fall of 2000 to support the external stability of the euro. To this end, we discuss different channels through whichinterventions may influence exchange rate dynamics. We...
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We analyze the effectiveness of the foreign exchange market interventionsconducted by the European Central Bank (ECB) in the fall of 2000 to support the external stability of the euro. To this end, we discuss different channels through whichinterventions may influence exchange rate dynamics. We...
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An aggregate production function is estimated using recent cointegrating techniques particularly appropriate for estimating long-run relationships. The empirical results suggest that the growth of output in France has been spurred by increased trade integration within the European Community and...
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