Devaluation and the trade balance in India. Stationarity and cointegration

被引:20
作者
Buluswar, MD
Thompson, H
Upadhyaya, KP
机构
[1] AUBURN UNIV,DEPT ECON,AUBURN,AL 36849
[2] SALISBURY STATE UNIV,DEPT ECON & FINANCE,SALISBURY,MD 21801
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10.1080/000368496328551
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
A study of devaluation and the trade balance in India corrects the data for nonstationarity. Previous empirical tests have used non-stationary data. The trade balance in India is not cointegrated with a number of variables, including the exchange rate. Absorption, elasticity, and monetary models are compared, and the monetary model performs better. There has been no J-curve in India, and devaluations have had no significant long-run effect on the trade balance.
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