ABSTRACT
This paper investigates the long-run and short-run impacts of the exchange rate volatility on Indonesia real exports to its major trading partners; Japan and the US. The study uses monthly data from January 1998 to October 2015 in order to capture the structural break period of the Global Financial Crisis 2008. In addition, commodity price is included as an explanatory variable. The index of exchange rate volatility is generated using moving sample standard deviation of the growth of the real exchange rate. This paper estimates the long-run cointegration using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing, while for short-run dynamic this paper use Error Correction Model (ECM). The findings suggest rupiah volatility against the Japanese yen reduces Indonesia export to Japan, both in the short and the long-run. Fluctuation of rupiah against the US dollar helps Indonesia export to the US in the short run, but the impact is not carried out to the long-run. On the other hand, the impact of commodity price shock is negligible, expect for the long-run export to Japan. |
