Empirics of Exchange Rate Explosiveness/Overshooting in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Implications for Foreign Exchange Markets

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Foreign Exchange Markets ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Exchange Markets ◽  
Sub Saharan

The long-run effects of geopolitical risk on foreign exchange markets: evidence from some ASEAN countries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hon Chung Hui
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Exchange Rates ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Foreign Exchange Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Exchange Markets ◽  
Exchange Rate Models ◽  
Asean Countries

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the long-run relationship between geopolitical risk and exchange rates in four ASEAN countries.Design/methodology/approachWe augment theoretical nominal exchange rate models available in the literature with the geopolitical risk index developed by Caldara and Iacoviello (2019), and then estimate these models using the ARDL approach to Cointegration.FindingsOur analysis uncovers evidence of Cointegration in the exchange rate models when the MYR-USD, IDR-USD, THB-USD and PHP-USD exchange rates are used as dependent variable. Next, geopolitical risk is a significant long-run driver for these exchange rates. Third, in all countries higher geopolitical risk leads to a depreciation of domestic currency.Research limitations/implicationsThere are implications for entrepreneurs, central banks, portfolio managers and arbitrageurs who actively trade in financial markets. Financial market players can benefit from a better understanding of how geopolitical events affect the portfolio of financial assets across various countries, while entrepreneurs can work out hedging strategies.Originality/valueThis is a contribution to the study of interlinkages between political risk and foreign exchange markets. It is the first study to adopt the geopolitical risk index of Caldara and Iacoviello (2019) to the study the foreign exchange markets of ASEAN countries.

Asymmetric effect of exchange rate volatility on trade in sub-Saharan African countries

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Temitope Dada
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Foreign Exchange Market ◽  
Exchange Rate Volatility ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Asymmetric Effect ◽  
Exchange Market ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sub Saharan

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the effect of asymmetric structure inherent in exchange rate volatility on trade in sub-Saharan African countries from 2005 to 2017.Design/methodology/approach17 countries in sub-Saharan African Countries are used for the study. Exchange rate volatility is generated using generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedacity (1,1), while the asymmetric components of exchange rate volatility are generated using a refined approach of cumulative partial sum developed by Granger and Yoon (2002). Two-step generalised method of moments is used as the estimation technique in order to address the problem of endogeneity, commonly found in panel data.FindingsThe result from the study shows the evidence of exchange rate volatility clustering which is strictly persistent in sub-Saharan African countries. The asymmetric components (positive and negative shocks) of exchange rate volatility have negative and significant effect on trade in the region. Meanwhile, the effect of negative exchange rate volatility is higher on trade when compared with the positive exchange rate volatility. Furthermore, real exchange rate has negative and significant effect on trade in sub-Saharan African countries.Research limitations/implicationsThe outcomes of this study are important for participants in foreign exchange market. As investors in foreign exchange market react more to the negative news than positive news, investors need to diversify their risk. Also, regulators in the market need to formulate appropriate macroeconomic policies that will stabilize exchange rate in the region.Originality/valueThis study deviates from extant studies in the literature by incorporating asymmetric structure into the exchange rate trade nexus using a refined approach.

Exchange Rate Theory: Chaotic of Foreign Exchange Markets

1994 ◽  
Vol 104 (425) ◽  
pp. 966
Author(s):  
Ronald MacDonald ◽  
Paul De Grauwe ◽  
Hans Dewachter ◽  
Mark Embrechts
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Foreign Exchange Markets ◽  
Rate Theory ◽  
Exchange Markets
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