Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Mobile money and business performance in the ECOWAS region: the role of the innovation ecosystem (with Doto, A. A., Gbandi, T., & Couchoro, M. K.), Applied Economics, 1–14, 2025.
Immigration and labour productivity: A comparative effect. World Development, 188, 106920, 2025.
International reserves, currency depreciation and public debt: New evidence of buffer effects in Africa, (with I. Coulibaly, H. Mighric and J. Saadaouid), Emerging Markets Review 60, pp 101-130, 2024.
Emigration and external imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do migrants’ skills matter? (with D. Coulibaly), Journal of African Economies, 33(3), pp 322–341, 2024.
Régimes de change et soutenabilité des finances publiques dans les pays en développement (with Lokonon do Santos, I.), Revue économique, 73(3), 389-427, 2022.
Currency misalignments and exchange rate regimes in Latin American countries: a trade-off issue, (with J. Carrera, V. Mignon, R. Restout), Annals of Economics and Statistics, 141, pp. 71-102, 2021.
Robust structural determinants of public deficits in developing countries (with Lokonon do Santos, I.), Applied Economics, 53(9), 1052–1076, 2020.
The tale of two international phenomena: International migration and global imbalances (with D. Coulibaly & V. Mignon), Journal of Macroeconomics, 66, 2020.
Regional Integration: Do Intra-African Trade and Migration Improve Income in Africa?, International Regional Science Review, 43(6), pp. 587-631, 2019.
The Diaspora and Economic Development in Africa (with J. Anyanwu), Review of World Economics, 155, pp. 785-817, 2019.
How to Boost the Impact of Intra-African Trade on Income in Africa?, Open Economies Review, 30, pp. 541-557, 2019.
Determinants of corruption: Can we put all countries in the same basket? (J. Keneck-Massil), European Journal of Comparative Economics, 16, pp. 239-276, 2019.
L'intégration de l'UEMOA est-elle pro-croissance ?, Revue d'économie politique, 129(3), pp. 355-390, 2019.
Is regional integration in the CFA zone sustainable? (joint with D. Avom and J. Keneck-Massil), Applied Economics, 50, pp. 5220-5237, 2018.
Growth-enhancing effect of openness to trade and migrations: What is the effective transmission channel for Africa? (joint with D. Coulibaly & V. Mignon), Journal of African Economies, 27, pp. 369-404, 2018.
On the link between current account and oil price fluctuations in diversified economies: The case of Canada (with Joets, M. and Razafindrabe, T.), International Economics, 152, pp. 63-78, 2017.
Exchange rate misalignments and the external balance under a pegged currency system, Review of International Economics, 25(5), pp. 949-974, 2017.
How do macroeconomic imbalances interact? Evidence from a panel VAR analysis (with Mignon, V.), Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20(7), pp. 1717-1741, 2016.
The importance of the exchange rate regime in limiting current account imbalances in Sub-Saharan African Countries, Journal of International Money and Finance, 53, pp. 36-74, 2015.
Persistence of current-account disequilibria and real exchange-rate misalignments (with Mignon, V.), Review of International Economics, 23, pp. 137-159, 2014.
Current account sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does the exchange rate regime matter? (with Coulibaly, I.), Economic Modelling, 40(C), pp. 208-226, 2014.
Optimality of a monetary union : New evidence from exchange rate misalignments in West Africa (with Coulibaly, I.), Economic Modelling}} 32(C), pp. 463-482, 2013.
Mésalignements du franc CFA et influence de la monnaie ancre, Économie et Prévision, 200-201, pp. 91-119, 2012.