Depreciation and Trade Deficits in India: Problems of Foreign Exchange and Domestic Industrialisation Base

Padhi, Satya Prasad

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“…, 2021; Mohanty, 2019; Nautiyal et al. , 2022; Padhi, 2019; Sahoo & Sethi, 2018; Shastri, 2019). Where, CAD denotes current account deficit at time t ; FD is net fiscal deficit at time t , and Y is real GDP at time t .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(4) to incorporate the impact of change in exchange rate on twin deficit phenomena [see Eq. (8)] (Ahmed, 1986; Arora & Rakhyani, 2020; Bhat & Sharma, 2018; Darrat, 1988; Feldstein, 1982; Missio & Gabriel, 2016; Mohanty, 2019; Padhi, 2019; Saleh & Harvie, 2005; Taneja & Ansari, 2016; Vieira & MacDonald, 2020). Where, EXR is real effective exchange rate (REER) at time t .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Eq. ( 7) represents current the CAD as a function of fiscal deficit (FD) and national income (Y) (Ahmed, 1986;Bhat & Sharma, 2018;Darrat, 1988;Mallick et al, 2021;Mohanty, 2019;Nautiyal et al, 2022;Padhi, 2019;Sahoo & Sethi, 2018;Shastri, 2019).…”

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Impact of fiscal deficit and trade openness on current account deficit in India: new evidence on twin deficits hypothesis

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2023

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PurposeThis study aims to examine the impact of fiscal deficit, exchange rate and trade openness on current account deficit (CAD). The study tried to empirically investigate the ‘twin deficits hypothesis’ and ‘compensation hypothesis’ in the Indian context.Design/methodology/approachAutoregressive distributed lagARDL) bound test approach was used by taking annual time series data from 1978 to 2021. The estimates confirm a significant long-run and short-run relationship between dependent variables, i.e. CAD and independent variables such as the fiscal deficit, exchange rate and trade openness.FindingsThe results show that positive shocks of all explanatory variables significantly affect the CAD. CAD and fiscal deficit are significantly associated, as the coefficient of fiscal deficit is positive and significant. The study also found that exchange rate and trade openness significantly affect the CAD. The coefficients of exchange rate and trade openness are positive and significant. The findings show that an increase in CADs results from liberal trade policies that help domestic industries grow their trade and expansionary fiscal policy, leading to a higher fiscal deficit. The negative and significant error correction term suggests that short-run disequilibrium converges to long-run equilibrium at a speed of 19.2%. The findings validate the ‘twin deficits hypothesis’ and ‘compensation hypothesis’ in the Indian context.Practical implicationsIt can be inferred from the study that liberal policy to promote economic growth and trade openness should be designed and promoted judiciously. An excessive liberalised approach may impact other macroeconomic variables such as current account balances. Integrating the domestic market with global markets poses a big challenge for countries like India that aspire to penetrate global markets. Furthermore, the Indian policy makers should rigorously work and promote the policies such as Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) as reduction in fiscal deficits, trade imbalances will also be reduced.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature on ‘twin deficit’ and trade openness by giving new evidence on the trilemma between designing sustainable fiscal policy by spending wisely without imperilling the country's global presence and CAD.

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