Abstract:

ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationships in Turkey between the real exchange rate and export on monthly basis over the period 1997:01 to 2015:06 by using the Granger causality test. The logarithm of the real exchange rate and export data were used in the analysis. Firstly, ADF unit root test was used to determine stationarity of the series. According to the result of the tests revealed the first differences of all series were determined as stationary. Then while the existence of a long-term relationship between the series was examined by the co-integration test, the short and long-term relationships were examined by the error correction model. The long-term relationship between the series was found whereas the short-term relationship between them could not be found. Finally, the direction of relationship between the series was determined by Granger causality test. The empirical results indicated that; not only from the real exchange rate towards the export but also from the export towards the real exchange rate the causal relationship could not be determined.     

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