On the relationship between exchange rates and external imbalances: Should we learn from east and South-East Asia?
On the relationship between exchange rates and external imbalances: Should we learn from east and South-East Asia?
The role the real exchange rate plays in determining current account balances has gathered momentum as East and Southeast Asian countries have seen increasingly positive current account balances. This paper analyses the evolution of current accounts in the region. A cointegrating relationship between the real effective exchange rate and the ratio of the current account balance to the GDP is tested, based on both linear and nonlinear models. The half-life of current account imbalances is relatively short, implying high capital mobility. Results point to the existence of a long-run relationship, and in most cases the causality runs from the exchange rate to the current account.
Current account, East and Southeast Asia, Emerging markets, Half-life
255-280
Cuestas, Juan Carlos
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Regis, Paulo José
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1 November 2016
Cuestas, Juan Carlos
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Regis, Paulo José
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Cuestas, Juan Carlos and Regis, Paulo José
(2016)
On the relationship between exchange rates and external imbalances: Should we learn from east and South-East Asia?
Annals of Economics and Finance, 17 (2), .
Abstract
The role the real exchange rate plays in determining current account balances has gathered momentum as East and Southeast Asian countries have seen increasingly positive current account balances. This paper analyses the evolution of current accounts in the region. A cointegrating relationship between the real effective exchange rate and the ratio of the current account balance to the GDP is tested, based on both linear and nonlinear models. The half-life of current account imbalances is relatively short, implying high capital mobility. Results point to the existence of a long-run relationship, and in most cases the causality runs from the exchange rate to the current account.
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Published date: 1 November 2016
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Current account, East and Southeast Asia, Emerging markets, Half-life
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438867
ISSN: 1529-7373
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