Exchange Rate Uncertainty and India’s Bilateral Trade: A Gravity Model Approach

Devleena Majumdar and Soumyabrata Basu

Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 2025, vol. 24, issue 2, 207-219

Abstract: Through a gravity model, the paper attempts to analyse the impact of exchange rate uncertainty on India’s gross bilateral trade flows between its top five trading partners and its SAARC partners. Categorising the industries into five segments, namely, agricultural raw materials, chemicals, textile and clothing, metals and all other commodities, over 18 years (2000–2018), a panel data technique has been applied to examine the effect. The empirical result suggests that even though an exchange rate uncertainty shrinks the bilateral trade flows of agricultural raw materials for SAARC members, it enhances the trade flows across all industry verticals for the top five trading partners. Following the gravity model of trade, the study further suggests that the volume of bilateral trade between countries is proportional to the product of each country’s economic growth and inversely proportional to the distance between them. JEL: F10, F14,O24,D81

Keywords: Gravity Model; Exchange Rate Uncertainty; SAARC; India’s Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/09767479231178953

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