Linkages Between the Foreign Exchange Markets of BRIC Countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—and the USA

Ramya Rajajagadeesan Aroul and Peggy E. Swanson

Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 2018, vol. 17, issue 3, 333-353

Abstract: The past decade has witnessed increasing trade and capital flow movements between BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the USA indicating a need for a better understanding of currency linkages between these countries. This article examines long-run and short-run relationships between foreign exchange markets of BRIC countries and the USA. Long-run results indicate that, over a period beginning January 2000 and ending November 2013, the currency markets of China, India and the USA are tied together, implying that from the perspective of the US investor, the markets of Brazil and Russia provide the greater diversification benefits. Further, the USA is found to be the source of the common trend (CT), suggesting that it leads the three (cointegrated) markets towards the long-run equilibrium relationships. Brazil and India share no short-run lead-lag relationship with the USA. JEL Classification: F31, G15

Keywords: BRIC; portfolio diversification; cointegration; structural break; Granger causality; variance decomposition analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0972652718800081

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