Monetary policy and distributional effects of agricultural commodity price volatility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nassibou Bassongui and Honoré Sèwanoudé Houngbédji

Revue d’économie du développement, 2023, vol. 35, issue 3, 125-129

Abstract: This paper uses panel quantile regression to illustre how agricultural commodity price volatility exacerbates inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, restrictive monetary policies and currency unions mitigate the adverse effects of such price volatility. Codes JEL: Q02, E5, O15.

Keywords: Commodity price; monetary policy; inequality. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 O15 Q02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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