An Analysis of Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate on Axis of the Capital Flows Volatility in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (101) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Burcu BERKE
2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (205) ◽  
pp. 31-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubert Gabrisch

This paper uses Granger causality tests to assess the linkages between changes in the real exchange rate and net capital inflows using the example of Western Balkan countries, which have suffered from low competitiveness and external imbalances for many years. The real exchange rate is a measure of a country?s price competitiveness, and the paper uses two concepts: relative unit labour cost and relative inflation differential. The sample consists of six Western Balkan countries for the period 1996-2012, relative to the European Union (EU). The main finding is that changes in the net capital flows precede changes in relative unit labour costs and not vice versa. Also, there is evidence that net capital flows affect the inflation differential of countries, although to a less discernible extent. This suggests that the increasing divergence in the unit labour cost between the EU and Western Balkan countries up to the global financial crisis was at least partly the result of net capital inflows. The paper adds to the ongoing debate on improving cost competitiveness through wage restrictions as the main vehicle to avert the accumulation of current account imbalances. It shows the importance of changes in the exchange rate regime, reform of the interaction between the financial and the real sector, and financial supervision and structural change.


2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 1034-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Combes ◽  
Tidiane Kinda ◽  
Patrick Plane

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-485
Author(s):  
Esteban Pérez Caldentey ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid

This paper extends the balance-of-payments-constrained (BoPC) growth model and Thirlwall's law to include the terms of trade with and without capital flows. Without capital flows a positive (negative) change in the terms of trade by improving (worsening) export performance can ceteris paribus augment (reduce) the rate of growth of an economy compatible with balance of payments’ long-run equilibrium. With the inclusion of capital flows the BoPC dynamics become more complex. Assuming no changes in the real exchange rate and in the import elasticity of demand, an improvement in the terms of trade can increase the level of the external deficit compatible with BoPC growth. This results from the terms-of-trade effects on the purchasing of exports and on foreign-capital inflows. The positive effect of an improvement in the terms of trade may be partially offset by an appreciation of the real exchange rate and an increase in the import elasticity of demand, when the model is extended to allow for such interactions in the analysis.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Combes ◽  
Patrick Plane ◽  
Tidiane Kinda ◽  
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