Is there J-Curve effect in Africa?
The J-Curve is a term used to describe the post-devaluation behavior of the trade balance, i.e., initial deterioration followed by an improvement. Previous research has tested the phenomenon for many developed and developing countries. However, African nations have not received any
attention on this regard. In this paper, we test the hypothesis for nine African countries of Burundi, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Tanzania for which quarterly trade data were available. After using the bounds testing approach to cointegration
and error-correction modeling, we were unable to find any support for the J-Curve.
Keywords: Africa; F31; bounds testing approach to cointegration; the J-Curve
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Center for Research on International Economics and Department of Economics,University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MilwaukeeWI53201, USA 2: Department of Africology,University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MilwaukeeWI53201, USA
Publication date: 01 January 2012
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