Panel estimating effects of macroeconomic determinants on inflation: Evidence of Western Balkan

Esat Durguti, Qazim Tmava, Filloreta Demiri-Kunoviku, Enver Krasniqi and Wai-Ching Poon

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2021, vol. 9, issue 1, 1942601

Abstract: This study analyzes the relationship between macroeconomic variables that influence inflation. Through our research, we will analyze the influence of GDP growth, remittances, level of exports, level of imports, and foreign direct investments on the inflation rate for the Western Balkan. The research has applied panel data using dynamic approaches such as fixed effects, and Arellano–Bover/Blundell–Bond estimation to determine relationships between variables and their impact on inflation. The research used annual series data from 2003 to 2019 provided by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Likewise, to test a stationary of data was applied three estimations for the unit root test and Johansen cointegration. The research results reveal that in the short run, all variables influence the inflation rate, except for foreign direct investment, which has insignificant influence. Moreover, the analyses through the Arellano–Bover/Blundell—Bond estimation reveal that GDP growth, imports, and foreign direct investments have a positive influence on the inflation rate, while, working remittances and exports have a negative influence on the inflation rate. These conclusions provide sufficient information for future debates and examination on macroeconomic variables that potentially affect inflation.

Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/23322039.2021.1942601 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:1942601

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/OAEF20

DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2021.1942601

Access Statistics for this article

Cogent Economics & Finance is currently edited by Steve Cook, Caroline Elliott, David McMillan, Duncan Watson and Xibin Zhang

More articles in Cogent Economics & Finance from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().