Export proceeds repatriation policies: A shield against exchange rate volatility in emerging markets?

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Panggabean, Sondang Marsinta Uli, Ekananda, Mahjus, Gitaharie, Beta Yulianita, Djuranovik, Leslie
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866913889112817664
author Panggabean, Sondang Marsinta Uli
Ekananda, Mahjus
Gitaharie, Beta Yulianita
Djuranovik, Leslie
author_facet Panggabean, Sondang Marsinta Uli
Ekananda, Mahjus
Gitaharie, Beta Yulianita
Djuranovik, Leslie
contents We examine the impact of mandatory export proceeds repatriation on exchange rate stability in three emerging markets, Iran, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, using the Generalized Synthetic Control framework. By modeling exchange rate stochastic volatility as our outcome of interest and controlling for interest rate differentials, exchange rate regime shifts, and inflation rate gaps, we address both unobserved time-varying confounders and heterogeneous treatment effects. Our estimates reveal no statistically significant impact of repatriation mandates on exchange-rate volatility across the three countries. We also find that we cannot reject the possibility of a non-zero impact. These results remain robust to an extensive range of sensitivity analyses, including alternative covariate specifications and placebo tests, thereby confirming their reliability.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2506_09168
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Export proceeds repatriation policies: A shield against exchange rate volatility in emerging markets?
Panggabean, Sondang Marsinta Uli
Ekananda, Mahjus
Gitaharie, Beta Yulianita
Djuranovik, Leslie
General Economics
Economics
We examine the impact of mandatory export proceeds repatriation on exchange rate stability in three emerging markets, Iran, Sri Lanka, and Turkey, using the Generalized Synthetic Control framework. By modeling exchange rate stochastic volatility as our outcome of interest and controlling for interest rate differentials, exchange rate regime shifts, and inflation rate gaps, we address both unobserved time-varying confounders and heterogeneous treatment effects. Our estimates reveal no statistically significant impact of repatriation mandates on exchange-rate volatility across the three countries. We also find that we cannot reject the possibility of a non-zero impact. These results remain robust to an extensive range of sensitivity analyses, including alternative covariate specifications and placebo tests, thereby confirming their reliability.
title Export proceeds repatriation policies: A shield against exchange rate volatility in emerging markets?
topic General Economics
Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09168