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Comparing Exchange Market Pressure across Five African Countries

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  • Jorge Braga de Macedo
  • Luis Pereira
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  • Jorge Braga de Macedo & Luis Pereira & Afonso Reis, 2009. "Comparing Exchange Market Pressure across Five African Countries," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 20(5), pages 645-682, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:openec:v:20:y:2009:i:5:p:645-682
    DOI: 10.1007/s11079-008-9087-3
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    2. Jorge Braga de Macedo & Luís Brites Pereira, 2014. "Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa," NBER Chapters, in: African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth, pages 203-293, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Sook-Rei Tan & Wei-Siang Wang & Wai-Mun Chia, 2021. "International Capital Flows and Extreme Exchange Market Pressure: Evidence from Emerging Market Economies," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 32(3), pages 479-506, July.
    4. Francesco Franco & Julio Antonio Rocha Delgado & Suzana Camacho Monteiro & Pedro Castro e Silva, 2015. "Exchange rate pressure in Angola," FEUNL Working Paper Series novaf:wp1502, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia.
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    Keywords

    Exchange rate regime; Exchange market pressure; EGARCH-M; C22; F31; F33;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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