Real exchange rate undervaluation, regional integration and services sector performance: evidence from the East African Community
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Real exchange rate; Undervaluation; Regional integration; East African Community;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
- N77 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Africa; Oceania
- O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
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