In Search of Equilibrium: Estimating Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan African Countries

April 1, 2007

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Joannes Mongardini, and Alexander Chudik. In Search of Equilibrium: Estimating Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates in Sub-Saharan African Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper presents a methodology to estimate equilibrium real exchange rates (ERER) for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries using both single-country and panel estimation techniques. The limited data set hinders single-country estimation for most countries in the sample, but panel estimates are statistically and economically significant, and generally robust to different estimation techniques. The results replicate well the historical experience for a number of countries in the sample. Panel techniques can also be used to derive out of sample estimates for countries with a more limited data set.

Subject: Estimation techniques, Government consumption, Real exchange rates, Technology transfer, Terms of trade

Keywords: Estimation, Exchange rate, WP

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Pages:

39
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2007/090
Stock No:

WPIEA2007090
ISBN:

9781451866544
ISSN:

1018-5941

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