The Malaysian real trade balance and the real exchange rate

Yusoff, Mohammed (2007) The Malaysian real trade balance and the real exchange rate. International Review of Applied Economics, 21 (5). pp. 655-667. ISSN 0269-2171 (P), 1465-3486 (O)

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Abstract

The cointegration technique is used to examine the long-run and short-run relationships between the real Malaysian trade balance with the real exchange rate, domestic and world incomes. The results suggest that a real ringgit exchange rate depreciation improves the trade balance in the long run. World and domestic incomes are also found to be important determinants of trade balance. The significance of world income on trade balance indicates that Malaysia is prone to external shocks. An error-correction model is then estimated to study the short-run dynamics of the effects of exchange rate. The impulse response analysis shows that the effect of exchange rate on the trade balance lasts for about three years. A devaluation of ringgit will initially improve the trade balance, albeit small,after which the trade balance starts to deteriorate, and then improves again suggesting that there exists a delayed J-curve.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4178/4309
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Trade balance, ringgit, real exchange rate, Malaysia.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF1014 Balance of trade
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Economics
Depositing User:	Professor Mohammed Yusoff
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2011 16:08
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2012 11:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/4309

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