Can exchange rate policies and trade partners' income enhance the trade balance in Algeria? Evidence from the nonlinear ARDL model

Mouyad Alsamara, Karim Mimouni, Karim Barkat and Diana Kayaly

International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1135-1156

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to examine the effects of the real exchange rate on trade balance in Algeria and investigates whether it represents a viable tool to sustain and improve trade performance using the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) estimation technique and data from Algeria over the period 1980–2018. This study also highlights the role of trading partners with large income endowments in enhancing the trade balance. Design/methodology/approach - The NARDL model is used to unveil potential short and long run nonlinear responses of the trade balance to shocks in real exchange rates and detect whether these responses are different in terms of sign and magnitude. The paper also provides a dynamic multiplier analysis that tests the existence of a J-Curve pattern in Algeria with several policy recommendations. Findings - The findings confirm the existence of a J-curve pattern in Algeria where domestic currency depreciation will worsen the trade balance in the short run and improve it in the long run. The authors also find that the asymmetrical effect of real exchange rate on trade balance is different in sign and magnitude. Finally, the results indicate that an increase in trade partners' income increases the trade balance in Algeria. The findings are of utmost importance with several policy implications. Originality/value - While some works investigated the nonlinear response of trade balance to real exchange rate movements, their results remain inconclusive and seem to depend on the characteristics of the country/region of study. Moreover, the role of trade partners and their potential impact on trade balance has been relatively overlooked in the literature. The authors fill this gap by examining the asymmetric impacts of real exchange rate and the effect of trade partners' income on trade balance in Algeria.

Keywords: J-curve; Asymmetric cointegration; Nonlinear ARDL; Trade partners; Algeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-02-2022-0341

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