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Do exchange rate misalignments really affect economic growth? The case of Sub-Saharan African countries

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In order to shed light on the debate concerning the exiting of the Franc Zone area, we address the issue of the growth effects of currency misalignments in Sub-Saharan African countries. To this end, we first assess misalignments which we include in a growth equation while taking into account uncertainty and “jointness” between growth determinants using recent Bayesian inference techniques. More specifically, exchange rate regimes, as well as cross-sectional error dependence, will be explored. We thus demonstrate that the gain related to undervaluation is almost zero regardless of the exchange rate regime.
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halshs-01403708, version 1 (27-11-2016)

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Ferdinand Owoundi. Do exchange rate misalignments really affect economic growth? The case of Sub-Saharan African countries. International Economics, 2015, International trade, FDI and growth: some interactions, 145, pp.92-110. ⟨10.1016/j.inteco.2015.10.001⟩. ⟨halshs-01403708⟩
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