| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP561 |
| DP561 Do the Benefits of Exchange Rates Outweigh Their Cost? The Franc Zone in Africa | |
| Dani Rodrik; Shantayanan Devarajan | |
| 发表日期 | 1991-07-01 |
| 出版年 | 1991 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We develop a simple formal framework to clarify the trade-offs involved in the choice between a fixed and flexible exchange-rate system. We then apply the framework to the CFA Zone countries in Africa, which have maintained a fixed parity with the French franc since independence. The predominance of a few agricultural products and natural resources in their exports has meant that CFA member countries have suffered frequent shocks in their terms of trade. A flexible exchange rate might have alleviated the cost of these external shocks. On the other hand, CFA member countries have managed to maintain lower inflation levels than their neighbours. Our framework provides a way of weighing these costs and benefits. The inflation differential between CFA and non-CFA African countries has been around 14 percentage points. We attribute this differential to the standard time-consistency problem inherent in discretionary macroeconomic policy. None the less, our highly stylized calculations suggest that fixed exchange rates have been, on the whole, a bad bargain for the CFA member countries. Under `reasonable' output-inflation trade offs, these countries would have been better off having the flexibility to adjust to external shocks. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics ; International Trade and Regional Economics |
| 关键词 | Cfa zone Exchange rates |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp561 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/529719 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dani Rodrik,Shantayanan Devarajan. DP561 Do the Benefits of Exchange Rates Outweigh Their Cost? The Franc Zone in Africa. 1991. |
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