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Foreign exchange rate and trade balance dynamics in East African countries

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  • Fetene Bogale Hunegnaw
  • Soyoung Kim

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This study investigates the effects of real exchange rate on trade balance in East African countries. In contrast to past studies that have often focused on one country in the region and adopted traditional empirical methods that are subject to shortcomings, the present study employed the ARDL procedure and investigated the issue in 10 East African countries. The main results are as follows. First, real exchange depreciation significantly improves trade balance for four countries in individual country estimations, as well as in panel estimation. Second, the elasticity of trade balance with respect to real exchange rate is inelastic. Elasticity slightly increases after exchange rate liberalization but remains inelastic. Third, significant short-run fall was not found for trade balance, which suggests lack of evidence for J-curve relationship

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  • Fetene Bogale Hunegnaw & Soyoung Kim, 2017. "Foreign exchange rate and trade balance dynamics in East African countries," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 979-999, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:26:y:2017:i:8:p:979-999
    DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2017.1327611
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