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Table 1 Summary of key underpinning theories.

From: Monetary policy transmission channels and the performance of the real sectors in selected sub-Saharan African countries: a system-GMM approach

Variable of interest

Role

Underpinning theories

Interest Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission

Explanatory variable

Keynes Quantity Theory of Money, Liquidity Preference theory of Interest Rate, and Friedman’s Modern Quantity Theory of Money

Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission

Explanatory variable

Loanable Funds theory and Theory of Financial Intermediation.

Exchange Rate Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission

Explanatory variable

Mint Theory of Exchange Rate and Purchasing Power Parity Theory.

Agricultural Sector Productivity

Outcome variable

Kuznet Economic Structure and Growth Theories

Agricultural Sector Productivity

Outcome variable

Kuznet Economic Structure and Growth Theories