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Real and nominal effective exchange rates of African countries during 1971Q1--2012Q4

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  • Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee
  • Alice Kones

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One of the macro variables that are included in most models is the exchange rate. Overall performance of a country's exchange rate is measured by changes in nominal or real effective exchange rate (REER). These rates are constructed and published mostly for industrial countries by international organizations. Less developed countries have received little attention. In this article, the two rates are constructed for 21 African countries using quarterly data over the period 1971Q1--2012Q4. As an application, we use the REERs to show that even in Africa the movements of the real effective rates follow a nonlinear path.

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  • Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee & Alice Kones, 2014. "Real and nominal effective exchange rates of African countries during 1971Q1--2012Q4," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(17), pages 1961-1984, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:46:y:2014:i:17:p:1961-1984
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.889805
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    1. Mohsen Bahmani‐Oskooee & Tsangyao Chang & Farhang Niroomand & Omid Ranjbar, 2020. "Fourier nonlinear quantile unit root test and PPP in Africa," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(4), pages 451-481, October.
    2. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee & Tsangyao Chang & Kuei-Chiu Lee, 2016. "Panel asymmetric nonlinear unit root test and PPP in Africa," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(8), pages 554-558, May.
    3. Habimana, Olivier, 2016. "Asymmetric nonlinear mean reversion in real effective exchange rates: A Fisher-type panel unit root test applied to Sub-Saharan Africa," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 14(PB), pages 189-198.
    4. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee & Tsangyao Chang & Tsungpao Wu, 2014. "Revisiting purchasing power parity in African countries: panel stationary test with sharp and smooth breaks," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(22), pages 1429-1438, November.
    5. Idris Abdullahi Abdulqadir, 2022. "The nonlinearity of exchange rate pass‐through on currency invoice: A quantile, generalized method of moments and threshold effect‐test from sub‐Sahara African economies," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 1473-1494, January.
    6. Niri Martha Choji* & Siok Kun Sek, 2018. "Investigating the PPP Theory and Long-run Estimates for Five Asian Countries," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 237-242:2.
    7. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee & Augustine C. Arize, 2020. "On the Asymmetric Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Trade Flows: Evidence from Africa," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(4), pages 913-939, March.

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