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Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows of Pakistan with Major Trading Partners: Is There an Asymmetric Third-Country Effect?

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  • Parveen Akhtar

    (School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • Sana Ullah

    (School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Tariq Majeed

    (School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

  • Ahmed Usman

    (Department of Economics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan)

Abstract

In this study, we explored the effect of third-country exchange rate volatility on Pakistan’s trade with the major trading partner e.g., USA, Germany, UK, China, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, and Malaysia. To capture the effect of third-country exchange rate volatility, we used monthly data of exports and imports of Pakistan covering the period from January 1981 to January 2018. We used the NARDL technique to obtain the asymmetric results, which are more applicable in reality due to the difference in traders’ response to increased volatility as compared to when they are dealing with decreased volatility. This technique captured the cointegration in the models. The findings of this study suggest that the volatility of the exchange rate has importance in Pakistan trade. The results revealed that in both short-run and long-run, the third-country effect is found significant in eight export and eight import models. The results of both models revealed that the effects of exchange rate volatility are asymmetric in nature on Pakistan’s trade with major trading partners.

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  • Parveen Akhtar & Sana Ullah & Muhammad Tariq Majeed & Ahmed Usman, 2022. "Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows of Pakistan with Major Trading Partners: Is There an Asymmetric Third-Country Effect?," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(03), pages 1-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jicepx:v:13:y:2022:i:03:n:s1793993322500168
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793993322500168
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    Keywords

    Trade flows; exchange rate volatility; NARDL; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange

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