Exchange-Rate Volatility and Foreign Trade: Evidence from Thirteen LDC's

Augustine C Arize, Thomas Osang () and Daniel Slottje

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2000, vol. 18, issue 1, 10-17

Abstract: This article investigates empirically the impact of real exchange-rate volatility on the export flows of 13 less developed countries (LDCs) over the quarterly period 1973-1996. Estimates of the cointegrating relations are obtained using Johansen's multivariate procedure. Estimates of the short-run dynamics are obtained for each country using the error-correction technique. The major results show that increases in the volatility of the real effective exchange rate, approximating exchange-rate uncertainty, exert a significant negative effect on export demand in both the short-run and the long-run in each of the 13 LDCs. These effects may result in significant reallocation of resources by market participants.

Date: 2000
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