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The exchange rate, the trade balance and the J-curve effect in South Africa
Submitted: 23 August 2013 | Published: 28 November 2014
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Eric Schaling, Wits Business School, South AfricaAlain Kabundi, SA Reserve Bank, South Africa
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We find that for the period 1994-2011 there is robust statistical evidence that, in the long run, net exports are boosted by a weaker real effective exchange rate. However, this effect does not hold in the short run. We thus find empirical evidence supporting the J-curve effect for South Africa.
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