Exchange Rate Determination in Developing Economies

Oluremi Davies Ogun

Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/me.2012.35067                

Abstract

This paper identifies the determinants of nominal exchange rate movements in less developed countries operating the flexible exchange rate system. Factors peculiar to such countries which are believed to potently drive their nominal ex-change rates are incorporated into the resulting model. In particular, the weather, parallel market exchange rate and its associated premium as well as corrupt practices enter the model. While all four factors should play crucial roles in ex-plaining short-run variations in the exchange rate, corrupt practices may still be at work in the long-run. However, those more advanced developing countries that have succeeded in instituting a relatively more effective legal system stem-ming the tide of corruption, and, also characterized by a near absence of parallel exchange rate market, may follow the standard model of exchange rate in the literature.

Keywords

Purchasing Power Parity;Parallel Market Exchange Rate;Parallel Market Exchange Rate Premium;Corruption

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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