Commodity Prices and Exchange Rate Volatility : Lessons from South Africa's Capital Account Liberalization /

We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price volatility but the causality runs the other way aro...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Dumitrescu, Elena
Andere auteurs: Arezki, Rabah, Freytag, Andreas, Quintyn, Marc
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/168
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF