Terms of Trade Shocks in Africa : Are they Short-Lived or Long-Lived? /

This paper examines the persistence of shocks to the terms of trade, using annual data on 42 Sub-Saharan African countries between 1960-96. We find that the persistence of terms of trade shocks varies widely-for about half the countries such shocks are short-lived, while for one-third of the countri...

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Yazar: Cashin, Paul
Diğer Yazarlar: Pattillo, Catherine
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/072
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF