The role of exchange rate in Mongolia: A shock absorber or a source of shocks?

Doojav, Gan-Ochir (2011): The role of exchange rate in Mongolia: A shock absorber or a source of shocks?

Abstract

The paper examines the role of exchange rate in Mongolia using a theoretical framework of a stochastic small open economy model. Based on a Structural Vector AutoRegression (SVAR) framework with zero long-run restrictions on quarterly data for the period 2000:Q1 to 2011:Q2, we highlight that real demand shock is the main source of business cycle and real exchange rate fluctuations. Furthermore, our analysis outlines that exchange rate acts as a shock absorber in the economy rather than a source of shocks. These results lend additional support to the macroeconomic policy of a flexible exchange rate for Mongolia. As a result, this implies the flexible exchange rate policy promotes monetary policy independence to control and stabilize inflation and output in Mongolia.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: SVAR model, Open economy macroeconomics, business cycle, Mongolia
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C51 - Model Construction and Estimation; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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