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Les politiques de change africaines face au changement climatique : existe-t-il un risque de compétitivité polluante ?

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  • Jean-Louis Arcand
  • Patrick Guillaumont
  • Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney

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This article demonstrates that real currency depreciations increase CO2 emissions in sub-Saharan Africa, and that this marginal effect is decreasing in capita income. The econometric results are consistent with the predictions of a simple theoretical model where the carbon intensity of the tradable sector is higher than that of the non-tradable sector, where the relative share of the tradable sector is increasing in real depreciation, and where the carbon intensity differential between the two sectors is a decreasing function of output per capita. The African specificity with regard to the polluting impact of depreciations is empirically robust, and seems to be linked to the small size of Africa?s manufacturing sector. Codes JEL : F41, 024, 055, Q54.

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  • Jean-Louis Arcand & Patrick Guillaumont & Sylviane Guillaumont Jeanneney, 2022. "Les politiques de change africaines face au changement climatique : existe-t-il un risque de compétitivité polluante ?," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 32(4), pages 152-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:edddbu:edd_363_0152
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    Keywords

    Competitiveness; real exchange rate; Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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