Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute further on the twin deficits debate in a developing economy. Design/methodology/approach – The data for Thailand over three decades are used as a case study. Findings – The major findings are: first, a stable, long-run equilibrium...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the influence of exchange rate variability on the demand for Malaysia's top five electrical exports as classified by Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) product groups. Design/methodology/approach – The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)...

Purpose – This paper aims to critically examine China's exchange rate policy debate and discuss Chinese financial and capital control reform of recent years. Furthermore, using the empirical results based on a regional general equilibrium model, alternative methods are suggested of addressing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between stock prices and exchange rates in 12 OECD countries. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examine the nexus of stock prices and exchange rates for 12 OECD countries by using the vector error correction model,...

Purpose – The Iranian currency (rial) depreciated on average 12.2 per cent per annum against the US dollar during the period 1960-1998 but, despite continued two-digit rates of inflation, the rial has witnessed only a meagre 1.7 per cent fall in its value in the post-1998 era. This paper seeks...

Purpose – This paper seeks to draw together the various essential elements of the conflict inflation approach within the context of an open economy and to highlight the importance of global external factors in explaining inflation. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework is...

Purpose – This study seeks to explore the nature of a data-generating process for four dollar exchange rates. Design/methodology/approach – Using a discrete parametric modeling approach, an efficient test statistic was computed for nonlinearity in terms of variance of the residuals of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine real exchange rate misalignment and economic growth in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The result of the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach and the generalized forecast error variance decomposition. Findings – The result...

Productivity bias hypothesis claims that deviation of the PPP based exchange rate from the equilibrium rate is mainly due to productivity differentials among countries. Early studies that employed cross-sectional data in testing the hypothesis provided mixed results. A few time-series studies...

A non-structural model is used to analyze the dynamic effects of fiscal and exchange rate policies on Ghana's economy. In particular, the paper sheds light on how these two key structural adjustment policy variables affect the short-run and long-run dynamics of inflation, output and exports. The...