Exchange Rate Volatility and Economic Growth

Achouak Barguellil (), Ousama Ben-Salha and Mourad Zmami ()
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Achouak Barguellil: University of Tunis El Manar
Mourad Zmami: Northern Border University

Journal of Economic Integration, 2018, vol. 33, issue 2, 1302-1336

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of exchange rate volatility on economic growth. An empirical investigation based on a sample of 45 developing and emerging countries over the period of 1985~2015 is conducted using the difference and system generalized method of moments estimators. Findings suggest that the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity-based measure of nominal and real exchange rate volatility has a negative impact on economic growth. Also, the effect of exchange rate volatility depends on the exchange rate regimes and financial openness, that is, volatility is more harmful when countries adopt flexible exchange rate regimes and financial openness.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Exchange Rate Volatility; Developing Countries; Financial Openness; Exchange Rate Regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F31 F43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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