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This dissertation analyses the benefits and costs of currency unions, focusing on the proposed West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), which consists of The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The economic structure of the zone is characterized by low economic growth an…

This dissertation presents an empirical investigation of the behavior of the real exchange rate and extent of exchange rate misalignment in Egypt. Two behavioral-based models of equilibrium real exchange rate determination are estimated. First, we use the Equilibrium Real Exchan…