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Thesis etd-05102017-232522


Thesis type
Tesi di laurea magistrale
Author
OWUSU, DOMINIC
URN
etd-05102017-232522
Thesis title
Price Dynamics and Exchange rate Pass-through: Evidence from Ghana
Department
ECONOMIA E MANAGEMENT
Course of study
ECONOMICS
Supervisors
relatore Prof. Della Posta, Pompeo
Keywords
  • Exchange Rate
  • VAR
Graduation session start date
12/06/2017
Availability
Full
Summary
The thesis studies the degree of the exchange rate pass-through into prices in Ghana from the first quarter of 1991 to the first quarter of 2015 and also yearly data from 1971 to 2015. By adopting the vector auto regression (VAR) approach the study distinguishes the varying degrees of the pass-through into prices. The exchange rate pass-through is measured by analyzing the change in Impulse-response functions (IRFs) in these periods. Using a four variable model, the results indicates the degree of the pass-through into consumer Prices in Ghana are generally Incomplete, small and slow in adjusting and also, pass-through to import and export prices is low and incomplete.
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