THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY ON EXPORT FLOWS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

This article investigates the long run impacts of exchange rate volatilities on export volumes in six developing countries, Turkey, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, and Chile. The exchange rate volatility is estimated by both ARCH/GARCH and moving sample standard deviation-based volatility proxies. Error correction representation of the long run export model reveals that there is not cointegration relationship for Brazil, Indonesia, and Chile while the results support the cointegration relationship for Turkey, Mexico, and Poland. Second, world income is major determinant driving export volumes in Turkey, Mexico, and Poland. Third, there is a significant negative relationship between exchange rate level and export volumes in Turkey and Mexico in line with theory. Finally, the measure of exchange rate volatility carries a significant negative coefficient in the case of Poland but a significant positive coefficient in the case of Turkey