INTERNATIONAL RESERVES, CURRENT ACCOUNT IMBALANCE AND EXTERNAL DEBT: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Eliza Nor School of Management, University Science Malaysia, 11800, Minden, Penang, Malaysia
  • M Azali
  • Siong-Hook Law Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/ijema.v16i1.142

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze both the short-run and long-run demand for international reserves in Malaysia for the period 1970-2004. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach proposed by Pesaran, Shin, and Smith (2001) is used to test for the existence of cointegration relationship between the demand for international reserves and its determinants. The empirical results suggest that current account balance and short-term external debt significantly affect the demand for international reserves both in the long run and short run.

JEL classification: E58, F39

Key words: International reserves, Current account imbalance, Short-term external debt, Malaysia.

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Nor, E., Azali, M., & Law, S.-H. (2013). INTERNATIONAL RESERVES, CURRENT ACCOUNT IMBALANCE AND EXTERNAL DEBT: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.31436/ijema.v16i1.142

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2008)

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