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Chapter 1
Introduction
Balance of payment is the record of economic transaction of a country with the rest of
the world during a year. It mainly consists of three accounts; current account, capital
account and reserve account. Balance of payment keeps the complete record of a country
trade, net foreign asset, imports and exports of goods, financial transfer and financial
capital. Simply it summarizes international transaction for specific period, mainly a year.
The method of analyzing the balance of payments is called the monetary approach to the
balance of payment.
The monetary approach to balance of payment regards money as a stock, and argues that
money stock can be changed through international reserve flows. It states that a fixed
exchange rate system could work without having to resort to devaluation, provided a
country has a sound monetary policy; thus, devaluation will only occur as a result of a
failure of monetary policy (Umer, 2010). This argument stems from the fact that
disequilibrium in the balance of payments is a temporary situation that will be corrected if
the money market is in equilibrium (Plessis, 1998).
The monetary approach may be claimed to be compatible with absorption approach on the
proviso that the former stresses the need for equality in the demand for and supply of
money, while the latter stresses the need for equilibrium in the market for domestic output,
they differ however, on grounds that the monetary approach is a more general theory,
since it explains the overall balance of payments (including the capital account), whereas
the absorption approach is concerned mainly with explaining the current account
(Akpansung, 1998).
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Although the monetary approach has been commended for explaining the balance of
payments well, it has prompted criticism from other scholars as an approach that ignores
other parts of international trade in determining the balance of payments. The MABP has
been blamed for disregarding the fiscal and real factors that influence changes in the
balance of payments, whilst concentrating only on monetary factors (Umer., 2010)
Contrary to these views, it can be stated that the monetary approach does not ignore these
factors. Valinezhad (1992) contends that the MABP only asserts that the effect on the
balance of payments of a higher rate of economic growth should be analyzed with the
tools of monetary theory.An enormous number of studies have emerged throughout theyears testing the validity of the MABP empirically.
There is credible evidence that the MABP in fact applies to small open economies with
fixed exchange rates. Most parts of the empirical literature were based on the reserve-
flow equation, where a countrys international reserves, or the rates of change in reserves,
are regarded as the dependent variable. On the other hand, the independent variables vary
in the different studies. They can include domestic income, prices, the interest rate,
government expenditure, money multiplier, money stock, the exchange rate, and demand
for nominal and real money balances (Ume, 2010).
The monetary approach to balance of payment provoked sever criticism from some
economist that it only consider monetary phenomenon, ignoring other important factors of
international trade in formatting balance of payment. Though, the MABP approach has
been much-admired for the implications of balance of payment. It is also criticized for
neglecting errors transpire in balance of payment as well as responsible for disregarding tofiscal and real that manipulate changes in the balance of payments. Others are of the view
that it does not ignore other factors but mainly concentrate that balance of payment should
be analyzed and observed from monetary theory. (Valinezhad, 1992)
The main aim of this paper is to examine the monetary approach to the balance of
payments (MABP), which argues that the balance of payments is a monetary
phenomenon. Whereas the absorption and elasticitysapproaches concentrate on the
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current account balance, the MABP emphasizes the overall balance of payments
including the capital account (Coppin, 1994).
By employing the MABP, the paper intends to offer a basis for understanding the
relationship between monetary policy and balance of payments problems in Pakistan. The
research could also serve as a recommendation to monetary authorities in handling
disequilibrium in the balance of payments.
Objective of the Study
The main objectives of the study are:
What are the factors and causes that bring disequilibrium in the balance of paymentof Pakistan?
The monetary variables are responsible for creating disturbance of the balance ofpayment.
Whether excess of money supply has played a significant role in the disequilibriumof balance of payments.
Organization of study
This paper is divided into five sections, one consist of the introduction while section two
the literature review. The methodology is in section three. The conclusion and
recommendations was taken care of in section four.
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Chapter 2
Literature Review
The review of literature plays a significant role in identifying the backdrop of the study
being conducted. It also gives direction about the problem and eradicates the possibility of
needless repetition of the efforts. In addition, precious information on research skill is
obtained from the previous research description. The main purpose of this section is to
assess the related literature review.
Literature on the fundamental basis of the MABP in a country has been generated by
scholars such as Dornbusch, 1971, Frenkel, 1971, Johnson, 1972, Laffer, 1969, and
Mundell, 1968 & 1971).
Chacholidas, 1990 studied the relationship between countrys balance of payment andmoney supply as a monetary phenomenon through MABP approach. Further Stated that
disequilibrium in the money market is due to the deficit in the balance of payment. If
money supply exceeds money demand, then there will be deficit in the balance of
payment, if money demand exceeds money supply than surplus in the balance of payment.
Howard and Mamingi, 2002 emphasized that deficit in the balance of payment due to
fluctuation in general price level, as the real value of nominal assets. Further, they argued
that MABP specifies money supply identity, money demand identity and an equilibrium
condition. They showed positive relationship of money demand with prices and income,
while negative relationship of money demand and interest rate.
Dhliwayo, 1996 concluded that increase in the domestic credit will have an equal and
opposite change in the international reserve the co-efficient of change in domestic credit
has known as offset co-efficient, because it has inverse effect on international reserve.
Further, added that basic equation of MABP, the deficit in balance of payment mainlycomes due to the divergence of growth of domestic credit and money demand.
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However, Watson, 1990 investigated the model of Trinidad and Tobagos balance of
payments for the period 19651985 and examined that all other variables show reliable
results except dependent variable the change in international reserves that is against
MABP.
The monetary approach to the balance of payments IMF 1977, Johnson 1972 & Polak,
1957, which is a modern approach, considers the balance of payments from a broad
perspectives rather than taking it as the current account balance.
According to Salvatore, 1998 & Fleermuys, 2005 the monetary approach to the balance of
payments balance of payments is a monetary phenomenon. They further argued that the
monetary approach focuses. According to Salvatore, 1998 & Fleermuys, 2005, the
monetary approach to the balance of payments balance of payments is a monetary
phenomenon. They further argued that the monetary approach focuses on how the
demand and supply of money affect the balance of payments and the exchange rate. Their
argument is based on the view that since the exchange rate is the price of currency,
movement in this rate is basically a monetary phenomenon, and can be explained by
concentrating on the market for money.on how the demand and supply of money affect the
balance of payments and the exchange rate. Their argument is based on the view that since
the exchange rate is the price of currency, movement in this rate is basically a monetary
phenomenon, and can be explained by concentrating on the market for money.
Umer, 2010, in their paper which examines the money tarry approach to Pakistans
balance of payments for the period 1980-2008. Through the reserve flow equation, it tests
whether excess money supply played a significant role as a disturbance by using Co-
integration test and error correction modeling. The empirical results showed that monetary
variable does not play an overwhelming role in determining Pakistans balance of
payments. The results evidently showed that, although some variables suggested by the
monetary approach play significant roles, the balance of payments is not a purely
monetary phenomenon. Balance of payments disequilibrium can, therefore, not be
corrected only through monetary actions by the authorities.
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Chapter 3
Methodology
Model Specification
According to Koutsoyiannis, 1977 the first and most important step the econometrician
has to take in attempting the study of any relationship between variables is to express this
relationship in mathematical form that is to specify the model with which the economic
phenomenon will be explored empirically. The model aims to illustrate whether monetaryvariables are fundamental in determining the balance of payments of Pakistan. In order to
test this role, the study employs the standard model of the MABP. The equation and
expected signs of the coefficients are as follows:
L NFA t = 0 + 1L GDP t-1 + 2INF L t-1 - 3INT t-1 - 4LC t-1 + t
Where:
LNFA = log of Net foreign asset
LGDP = log of GDP
INF = rate of inflation
INT = interest rate
LDC = log of domestic credit
t = stochastic or error term
Estimation procedure
The ordinary least squares single equation technique is the estimation procedure chosen
for this study. It will be used for estimating the equations already specified. As a
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justification for this method, Maddala, 1977 identified that ordinary lest squares is more
robust against specification errors that many of simultaneous equation methods and also
that predictions from equation estimated by ordinary least squares often compare
favorably with those obtained from equations estimated by the simultaneous equation
method. Among other reasons is the simplicity of its computational procedure in
conjunction with optimal properties of the estimates obtained and these properties are
linearity, unbiased and minimum variance among a class of unbiased estimators.
For the results and estimation procedure, advanced statistical software E-Views are used.
The null hypothesis states that monetary variables put significant effect on the balance of
payment of Pakistan. The significance of results obtained from regression analysis is
checked from t-statistics at 5% confidence level. If t-ratios are equal to or greater than
two(2) in absolute than the estimator will be significant, if it is less than two (2) in
absolute than estimator will be in significant and null hypothesis will be rejected.
Sources of data
This study used Secondary data. The macroeconomic variables of interest (inflation and
interest rate, GDP Growth) were obtained from the World Bank development indicator,
and Bank of Ghana database.
Data Analysis Technique
Annual time-series data on the variables under study covering thirty year period (1980-
2010) are used in this study for estimation of functions. The study employs ordinary leastsquares in the estimation of the coefficients of the parameters. The strength of the
coefficients derived from ordinary least squares model was used to establish the
relationships between the dependent variable and the independent variables. Various tools
such as Durbin Watson were used to test for autocorrelations. Data obtained was analyzed
using statistical and econometric software such as E-views and Excel application software.
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Chapter 4
Conclusion
This study is conducted to examine the balance of payment of Pakistan through monetary
approach and tested whether this approach applies to Pakistans balance of payment
situation. The main objective is to find out that excess money supply can play an
important role in the disturbance of the balance of payments in Pakistan. The study also
identifies the role of excess money supply and its role on balance of payment interruption.
Moreover, the study also helped to analyze the relationship of monetary variables and
balance of payment. One of the main finding of this study is that Central bank requires
policies for sustainable balance of payments with stable exchange rate.
The study finds that monetary variables are not the only cause of deficit in the balance of
payment of Pakistan, but some other factors are also responsible for it like export which
mainly consists of raw materials, agriculture products, cotton and rice etc. The second
factor is that, the growth of industrial sector in Pakistan are very slow, which hardly fulfill
the domestic requirements. Third the domestic and foreign investments are also very low.
The study reveals that disequilibrium in the money market, emanating from monetary
variables such as domestic credit, interest rate, exchange rate and the price level translates
into balance of payments disequilibrium. Specifically, increased domestic credit and
interest rate deteriorates the balance of payments while nominal exchange rate
depreciation improves the balance of payments, all being in the contemporaneous sense.
Increase in the price level deteriorates the balance of payments not in the same period
however but with lags. Moreover, the negative effect of interest rate on the balance of
payments is reversed over time.
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Recommendations
The monetary authorities should also pay special attention to domestic credit creation
when controlling the countrys balance of payments. It is important that the country
achieves sufficient economic growth through money demand to correct the balance ofpayments deficit.
Further the study suggests that Pakistan should take steps of anti-inflation (control
inflation) increase the net foreign assets, improve the quality of their products which
should compete with the international market products, increase the local
production,(agriculture as well that of industrial sector), like textile, machinery, plants,
garments, and construction sectors etc. Fluctuation in the exchange rate needs to be
removed and a sustained exchange rate is required for minimizing the deficit in balance of
payment in economy.
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