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Real Exchange Rate Behavior and Economic Growth: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia

By Ghiath Shabsigh, Ilker Domaç

March 1, 1999

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Ghiath Shabsigh, and Ilker Domaç. Real Exchange Rate Behavior and Economic Growth: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed December 7, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines the effect of the real exchange rate misalignment (RERMIS) on the collective economic growth of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. The paper constructs three measures of exchange rate misalignment based on purchasing power parity; a black market exchange rate; and a structured model. The empirical investigation confirmed the adverse effect of RERMIS on growth, using all measures of RERMIS, as predicted by endogenous growth models. The results also highlighted the role of other factors; specifically, capital growth and population have the theoretical signs predicted by the Solow growth model and are statistically significant.

Subject: Currency markets, Exchange rate policy, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Arab Countries, Black market exchange rate premium, Currency markets, East Asia, Economic growth, Egypt, Equilibrium RER, Exchange rate, Exchange Rate Mislignment, Exchange Rate Policies, Exchange rate policy, Exchange rates, Growth, Import exchange rate, Moroccan dirham, Real Exchange Rate, Real exchange rates, RER appreciation, RER behavior, RER determination, RER distortion, RER equation, RER level, RER misalignment, RER variability, Substitution effect, Terms of trade, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    24

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1999/040

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0401999

  • ISBN:

    9781451845952

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941