Dedollarization and market efficiency: A trade arbitrage perspective in the BRICS and WAEMU nations
Joseph Paul Chunga,
YU Ping
Abstract:This paper appraises the dedollarization and market efficiency of BRICS and WAEMU nations with due reference to the trade arbitrage perspective. Using daily policy rates, spot rates and forward rates from January 2015 to March 2023, the study uses a trio approach: Hurst exponent analysis vis-à-vis sentimental analysis, FRUH analysis and CIP analysis. Hurst exponent analysis reveals that all currencies have long memory tendencies for both rolling windows (2015-2019; 2019-2023), thus contradicting weak-form effi… Show more
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