Cote d'Ivoire : competitiveness, Cocoa, and the real exchange rate
Bogetic, Zeljko, Espina, Carlos, Noer, John
This paper explores competitiveness of Cote d'Ivoire's economy over a long period of 1960-2003 and its link with cocoa prices. The main conclusions are as follows. First, using four measures of real...
Cote d'Ivoire : from success to failure a story of growth, specialization, and the terms of trade
Bogetic, Zeljko, Noer, John, Espina, Carlos
Real GDP per capita and capital stock in Cote d'Ivoire grew strongly from 1960 to 1979, but have declined ever since, for twenty-five years. As a result, the country has traveled a full circle from...
Cote d'ivoire volatility, shocks and growth
Bogetic, Zeljko, Espina, Carlos, Noer, John
Key economic variables in Cote d'Ivoire vary widely from their long-run trends, moving in multi-year cyclical patterns. Cocoa prices move with cycles in growth rates, capital stock, real exchange...
Cointegration analysis of the black market and official exchange rates in India
The examination of stochastic properties of the black market and official exchange rates in India reveals that the series are cointegrated and, therefore, possess a longrun equilibrium relation. The...