Examining the impact of intra-industry trade on business cycle alignment within the ECOWAS Available to Purchase

Louis-Joel Basneouinde Diendere is a PhD student at Thomas SANKARA University, Burkina Faso. He obtained his master’s degree at the University of Toulon in France. His fields of study are macroeconomics, monetary economics and international trade.

Achille Augustin Diendere is an associate professor in economics. He obtained his doctoral thesis at the University Toulouse 1 Capitole in France. He has been a permanent teacher at Thomas SANKARA University. His research focuses on development economics, Agricultural products trade and circulation, agricultural resources and environment, technology adoption and impacts, food policy, sustainable development and policy. He is in the Department of Economics and is responsible for a research team within the Center for Economic and Social Studies, Documentation and Research (CEDRES) of the University.

Jude Eggoh is a associate professor in economics at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin). He also teaches at the University of Angers (France). He holds a PhD degree in economics at the University of Orléans (France) in 2009. His academic research deals with monetary and fiscal policy, financial systems, theories of growth and development economics. He has published over 30 articles. He is also a member of the scientific committee of several academic journals. Jude Eggoh is also a scientific advisor at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin and a consultant to many institutions.