The volatile nature of exchange rates with the advent of floating regimes has received much attention in economic research. The volatility is generally perceived as negatively affecting international trade. While theoretical predictions and empirical outcomes appear mixed, the balance seems to...

Very recently, the link between exchange rate volatility and trade flows has entered into a new direction in which researchers assess the possibility of asymmetric response of trade flows to a measure of exchange rate uncertainty. We add to this literature by estimating a linear and a nonlinear...

This paper aims to examine the symmetric and asymmetric effects of third country exchange rate volatility on the trade flow between the US and EU from January 2003 through March 2021. The monthly disaggregated data of the top twelve export and import industries are the sample frame. We find that...

Institutional trade barriers constitute substantial constraints for a number of exporters and importers. These barriers are multidimensional and they impede trade flows and trade performance of many developing countries, including African countries. In particular, the International Trade Centre...

This paper identifies factors that explain the survival of Argentine trade flows using the combination of the Classification And Regression Tree analysis (CART) method and cross-section econometrics as the identification method. While the first determines the best predictors, the second offers a...

This paper examines the long-run and short-run impacts of exchange rate and price changes on trade flows in Nigeria using exports and imports functions. The bounds testing (ARDL) approach to cointegration is applied on a quarterly data from 1980 Q1 to 2007 Q4. The results indicate that in both...

This study researches the effects of changes in the exchange rate on the trade balance after the transition to the floating exchange rate in the Turkish economy. For this purpose, ARDL and ECM models have been developed by using quarterly data from 2003 through 2018. The starting point of the...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact that exchange rate volatility has on international trade flows including here exports and imports. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on quarterly data from 2000-2018 making 224 observations in total. To measure the...

Purpose - Reserve Options Mechanism (ROM) is a new policy tool of Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT). In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of the ROM on USD/TL exchange rate volatility. Design/methodology/approach - The effects of the ROM and the direct foreign exchange...

We analyse the impact of Bank of Japan"s (BoJ) intervention on the volatility of the USD/JPY exchange rates under a regime switching framework. We find that the Yen intervention decreases the volatility, and the impact is only significant when market volatility is low.