Asymmetric Exchange Rate Effects on Trade Flows in India

Author:

Sohrabji Niloufer1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics, Simmons University, 300 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Abstract

This paper examines the role of exchange rate changes on India’s trade. The drivers of exports and imports (income, exchange rate including sectoral differences, and exchange rate variability) are estimated for the short and long run including a structural break. Using annual data from 1994 to 2022, the results of dynamic fixed effects estimation show that both exports and imports are income-elastic in the short and long run, but income elasticity is far stronger for exports. Moreover, exports are responsive to the real effective exchange rate in the short run but not in the long run, and the reverse is true for imports. Furthermore, exchange rates have asymmetric effects for high-volume and primary sectors for exports and imports. The combined impacts show the ineffectiveness of using currency depreciation to address trade imbalances.

Funder

Simmons University Undergraduate Faculty Student Collaborative grant

Publisher

MDPI AG

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