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Forecasting Chinese industry return volatilities with RMB/USD exchange rate

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  • Dai, Zhifeng
  • Zhu, Huan
  • Dong, Xiaodi

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the fluctuations of RMB/USD exchange rate can predict the Chinese industry return volatilities during post-financial crisis period. Our in-sample results show there is significant Granger causality from RMB/USD exchange rate fluctuations to China’s industry return volatilities. The out-of-sample results also indicate the RMB/USD exchange rate fluctuations extracts significantly useful information from the predictors. Further analysis about the energy industry shows that simple linear regression is sufficient for capturing predictive relationships between RMB/USD exchange rate fluctuations and energy industry volatility.

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  • Dai, Zhifeng & Zhu, Huan & Dong, Xiaodi, 2020. "Forecasting Chinese industry return volatilities with RMB/USD exchange rate," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 539(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:539:y:2020:i:c:s0378437119316929
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.122994
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    Industry return volatility; RMB/USD exchange rate fluctuation; Prediction ability; Forecasting;
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    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices
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