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Stock prices and exchange rate dynamics in selected African countries: a bivariate analysis

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  • Charles K.D. Adjasi
  • Nicholas B. Biekpe
  • Kofi A. Osei

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Purpose - The paper aims to investigate the relationship between stock prices and exchange rate movement in seven African countries. Design/methodology/approach - It uses vector autoregressive (VAR) cointegration and impulse response analysis to determine the long‐ and short‐run linkages between stock prices and exchange rates. Findings - Cointegration analyses indicate a long‐run relationship between stock prices and the exchange rate in Tunisia, where exchange rate depreciation drives down stock prices. A short‐run error‐correction model also shows similar results. Impulse response analyses for other countries show that stock returns in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and Nigeria reduce when induced by exchange rate shocks but increase in Egypt and South Africa. Shocks induced by either stock prices or the exchange rate are more protracted in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and Nigeria than in South Africa and Egypt. Originality/value - This is one of the few studies on Africa which tests for long‐run dynamics and impulse response shock dynamics within a VAR framework. Again unlike other studies it also concentrates on more countries in the sample.

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  • Charles K.D. Adjasi & Nicholas B. Biekpe & Kofi A. Osei, 2011. "Stock prices and exchange rate dynamics in selected African countries: a bivariate analysis," African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(2), pages 143-164, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ajemsp:v:2:y:2011:i:2:p:143-164
    DOI: 10.1108/20400701111165623
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    1. Hassan, Aminu & Ibrahim, Masud Usman & Bala, Ahmed Jinjiri, 2024. "Vulnerability of a developing stock market to openness: One-way return and volatility transmissions," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

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