Real exchange rate and asymmetric shocks in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)

Raymond Adu; Ioannis Litsios; Mark Baimbridge

doi:10.1016/j.intfin.2018.12.005

Real exchange rate and asymmetric shocks in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)

Raymond Adu, Ioannis Litsios, Mark Baimbridge

School of Economics, Finance and Accounting

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This paper examines real effective exchange rate (REER) responses to shocks in exchange rate determinants for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) over the period 1980–2015. The analysis is based on a country-by-country VECM, and oil price, supply and demand shocks are identified using long run restrictions in a structural VAR model. We report significant differences in the response of REER to real oil price, productivity (supply) and demand preference shocks across these economies. In addition the relative contribution of these shocks to REER movements in the short and long run appears to be different across economies. Our findings suggest that the WAMZ countries are structurally different and asymmetric shocks with inadequate adjustment mechanisms imply that a monetary union would be costly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	232-249
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Volume	59
Early online date	20 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2018.12.005
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, [59], (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2018.12.005

Keywords

Asymmetric macroeconomic shocks
Currency union
Real effective exchange rate
West African Monetary Zone

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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