Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates

Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates

This paper analyzes the performance of Malaysian bilateral exports to its major importing countries: the United States, Japan, and Singapore and then investigates whether the export performance could be improved through depreciation or devaluation of domestic currency using cointegration techniq...

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Main Author: Yusoff, Mohammed
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: Faculty of Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
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HF Commerce
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spelling iium-260082013-07-19T01:35:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/ Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates Yusoff, Mohammed HF Commerce This paper analyzes the performance of Malaysian bilateral exports to its major importing countries: the United States, Japan, and Singapore and then investigates whether the export performance could be improved through depreciation or devaluation of domestic currency using cointegration technique and VECM. The cointegration test suggests that real exports, real exchange rates, real imports, and foreign income are cointegrated. The estimated long-run export equations indicate that the real exchange rates, real foreign income, and real imports are important determinants of exports. The major policy implication from this study is that a devaluation or depreciation of ringgit could improve the competitiveness of Malaysian exports. Keywords: exports, real exchange rates, Malaysia Faculty of Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/1/Mohammed_Yusoff.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/4/3._IECTI_Programme_%2528Details%2529.pdf Yusoff, Mohammed (2007) Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates. In: International Economic Conference on Trade and Industry, 3-5 Decenber 2007, Penang. (Unpublished)
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Yusoff, Mohammed
Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
description This paper analyzes the performance of Malaysian bilateral exports to its major importing countries: the United States, Japan, and Singapore and then investigates whether the export performance could be improved through depreciation or devaluation of domestic currency using cointegration technique and VECM. The cointegration test suggests that real exports, real exchange rates, real imports, and foreign income are cointegrated. The estimated long-run export equations indicate that the real exchange rates, real foreign income, and real imports are important determinants of exports. The major policy implication from this study is that a devaluation or depreciation of ringgit could improve the competitiveness of Malaysian exports. Keywords: exports, real exchange rates, Malaysia
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yusoff, Mohammed
author_facet Yusoff, Mohammed
author_sort Yusoff, Mohammed
title Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
title_short Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
title_full Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
title_fullStr Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
title_sort malaysian bilateral exports and bilateral real exchange rates
publisher Faculty of Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/1/Mohammed_Yusoff.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26008/4/3._IECTI_Programme_%2528Details%2529.pdf
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