Linkages in Price Level and Inflation Rate Between Cfa Franc Zone Countries and France

August 1, 1994

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Summary

The price level behaviors of the CFA franc zone countries with respect to the price level of France, defined in terms of long-run convergence in price level and short-run linear dependence of their inflation rates are not homogenous and have a break-point in the mid 1980s except for Congo. This paper quantifies the evolution of the price level behavior of each CFA franc zone country from 1979 to 1993 using the cointegration and error-correction model techniques. The interzone linkages are also examined using the simple vector autoregression model.

Subject: Consumer price indexes, Econometric analysis, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices, Purchasing power parity, Vector autoregression

Keywords: Cfa, Cfa country, Consumer price indexes, Inflation, inflation rate, inflation rate time series, integration regression, price level, price level behavior, price level time series, Purchasing power parity, time series, Vector autoregression, WP

Pages:
18
Volume:
1994
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451951202.001
Issue:
093
Series:
Working Paper No. 1994/093
Stock No:
WPIEA0931994
ISBN:
9781451951202
ISSN:
1018-5941

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