The study examines the relationship between exchange rates and stock market performance in Nigeria from 1985 to 2009 using cointegration and causality tests. The results show:
1) Exchange rates and stock market performance are cointegrated, indicating a long-run equilibrium relationship.
2) The long-run relationship between exchange rates and stock market performance is negative - exchange rate fluctuations negatively impact stock market performance.
3) Granger causality tests show exchange rates cause stock market performance in Nigeria, implying exchange rate volatility explains variations in the stock market.
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Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether stock prices and exchange rates are related to each
other or not. Both the short term and the long term association between these variables are discovered. The study applies
monthly and quarterly data on two gulf countries, including Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirate (UAE)
for the period January 2008 to December 2009. The results of this study in the short term found that the exchange rate
influence positively on the stock market price index for United Arab Emirate and there is no association between them for
Kingdom Saudi Arabia. Moreover the study in the long term found that the exchange rate influence negatively on stock
market price index for the United Arab Emirate. While no association between these variables in Kingdom Saudi Arabia.
Purpose: Considering the mixed results of previous empirical studies with regard to how the real
exchange rates affect bilateral trade balance, this study intends to test the presence of not only the nonlinear
relationship but also the J-curve effect and Korea data from January 1985 through December 2013 is adopted.
The findings are helpful for emerging countries to evaluate their exchange policy. Methodology: Unit root test,
cointegration analysis and Vector Autoregressive Error Correction Model are adopted in this study. Findings: The
results indicate that there is a co-integration relationship between real exchange rates and bilateral trade balance
in both linear and nonlinear models and Korea-U.S. bilateral trade balance exhibited no J-curve effect when the
Korean won depreciated against U.S. dollar. A performance evaluation proves nonlinear model is better than
linear model. Recommendation: The findings help us to realize that depreciation has a limited effect on
promoting trade balance. Sharp currency depreciation will hurt country’s trade balance.
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science is an International Journal edited by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR).The Journal provides a common forum where all aspects of humanities and social sciences are presented. IOSR-JHSS publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes etc.
Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether stock prices and exchange rates are related to each
other or not. Both the short term and the long term association between these variables are discovered. The study applies
monthly and quarterly data on two gulf countries, including Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirate (UAE)
for the period January 2008 to December 2009. The results of this study in the short term found that the exchange rate
influence positively on the stock market price index for United Arab Emirate and there is no association between them for
Kingdom Saudi Arabia. Moreover the study in the long term found that the exchange rate influence negatively on stock
market price index for the United Arab Emirate. While no association between these variables in Kingdom Saudi Arabia.
Purpose: Considering the mixed results of previous empirical studies with regard to how the real
exchange rates affect bilateral trade balance, this study intends to test the presence of not only the nonlinear
relationship but also the J-curve effect and Korea data from January 1985 through December 2013 is adopted.
The findings are helpful for emerging countries to evaluate their exchange policy. Methodology: Unit root test,
cointegration analysis and Vector Autoregressive Error Correction Model are adopted in this study. Findings: The
results indicate that there is a co-integration relationship between real exchange rates and bilateral trade balance
in both linear and nonlinear models and Korea-U.S. bilateral trade balance exhibited no J-curve effect when the
Korean won depreciated against U.S. dollar. A performance evaluation proves nonlinear model is better than
linear model. Recommendation: The findings help us to realize that depreciation has a limited effect on
promoting trade balance. Sharp currency depreciation will hurt country’s trade balance.
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Empirical literature on money demand is mainly based on the estimation of a long run relation by means of time-invariant cointergration approach. Taiwan has experienced the economic and financial regime change since 1979. The purpose of this paper is to test structural breaks in Taiwan long run money demand equation. We examine six of the most influential specifications proposed in the literature. The classical set of explanatory variables (e.g. income and interest rates) is extended on the base of a number underlying economic reasons related to financial, labor and international portfolio characteristics. The results suggest that international financial market variables and the classical specifications are the key determinants of structural instability observed in Taiwan broad money.
Macroeconomic Variables on Stock Market Interactions: The Indian ExperienceIOSR Journals
To examine the effect of macroeconomic variables on the stock price movement in Indian Stock Market. Six variables of macro-economy (inflation, exchange rate, Industrial production, MoneySupply, Goldprice, interest rate) are used as independent variables. Sensex, Nifty and BSE 100are indicated as dependent variable. The monthly time series data are gathered from RBI handbook over the period of April 2008 to June 2012. Multiple regression analysis is applied in this paper to construct a quantitative model showing the relationship between macroeconomics and stock price. The result of this paper indicates that significant relationship is occurred between macroeconomics variable’s and stock price in India.
This paper uses the theory of behavioral finance to examine the factors of individual investors’ psychology as well as their effects on investment decisions in the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VSE). This is an empirical study which based on a survey of 422 investors. All of them have had the deep knowledge about finance investment and worked many years in VSE. The final results show that five factors of psychology which are overconfidence, optimism, herd behavior, psychology of risk and pessimistic have influence on investment decisions. To be more detailed, excessive optimism, psychology of risk and excessive pessimistic affect positively on long-term investment of investors while overconfidence and herd behavior have the negative impact. Based on the theory of behavioral finance, this study explains factors of individual investors’ psychology. However, one of the limited of this paper is that it does not mention about negative outcomes of psychology factors on investment decisions. This is considered as a new path to do research in the future for emerging markets like Vietnam.
American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development is indexed, refereed and peer-reviewed journal, which is designed to publish research articles.
Empirical literature on money demand is mainly based on the estimation of a long run relation by means of time-invariant cointergration approach. Taiwan has experienced the economic and financial regime change since 1979. The purpose of this paper is to test structural breaks in Taiwan long run money demand equation. We examine six of the most influential specifications proposed in the literature. The classical set of explanatory variables (e.g. income and interest rates) is extended on the base of a number underlying economic reasons related to financial, labor and international portfolio characteristics. The results suggest that international financial market variables and the classical specifications are the key determinants of structural instability observed in Taiwan broad money.
Macroeconomic Variables on Stock Market Interactions: The Indian ExperienceIOSR Journals
To examine the effect of macroeconomic variables on the stock price movement in Indian Stock Market. Six variables of macro-economy (inflation, exchange rate, Industrial production, MoneySupply, Goldprice, interest rate) are used as independent variables. Sensex, Nifty and BSE 100are indicated as dependent variable. The monthly time series data are gathered from RBI handbook over the period of April 2008 to June 2012. Multiple regression analysis is applied in this paper to construct a quantitative model showing the relationship between macroeconomics and stock price. The result of this paper indicates that significant relationship is occurred between macroeconomics variable’s and stock price in India.
This paper uses the theory of behavioral finance to examine the factors of individual investors’ psychology as well as their effects on investment decisions in the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VSE). This is an empirical study which based on a survey of 422 investors. All of them have had the deep knowledge about finance investment and worked many years in VSE. The final results show that five factors of psychology which are overconfidence, optimism, herd behavior, psychology of risk and pessimistic have influence on investment decisions. To be more detailed, excessive optimism, psychology of risk and excessive pessimistic affect positively on long-term investment of investors while overconfidence and herd behavior have the negative impact. Based on the theory of behavioral finance, this study explains factors of individual investors’ psychology. However, one of the limited of this paper is that it does not mention about negative outcomes of psychology factors on investment decisions. This is considered as a new path to do research in the future for emerging markets like Vietnam.
This study examined the nature of the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and share prices using the Nairobi Securities Exchange All Share Index (NASI). The study used four macroeconomic variables namely; interest rate, inflation, exchange rate and gross domestic product (GDP) for the period January 2008 to December 2014. The study found a positive relationship between GDP and NSE share prices. Exchange rate was found to have an insignificant positive relationship with share prices while interest rates had negative relationship with share prices. Inflation rate was found to have significant negative relationship with share prices due to its effect on purchasing power. The study concluded that the four macroeconomic variables combined had strong positive and significant relationship with share prices. The macroeconomic variables accounted for 86.97% of changes in share prices. The study recommended that capital markets regulators and other government regulatory bodies should promote a stable macroeconomic environment in the country for optimal performance of shares and stock market at large.
Does Economic Growth Affect Capital Market Development In Nigeria? 1985 – 2016AJHSSR Journal
The goal of this paper is to assess the impact of economic growth affects capital market
development in Nigeria using annualised data from 1986-2016. We employed that Johansen cointegration
technique to determine if our variables are cointegrated. The error correction model (ECM) was employed to
estimate our dynamic short and long-run model. Various diagnostic tests were also conducted to confirm the
validity of our results. The results indicate that there is a long-run relationship between economic growth and
capital market development. The baseline estimator further showed that economic growth has significant
positive influence on capital market development. We also found that inflation has significant negative impact
on the capital market while money supply was found to have insignificant effect on the dependent variable. The
error correction term showed evidence of slow speed of adjustment toward long-run equilibrium, with deviation
from equilibrium corrected at the speed of 2.3 percent on annual basis. We conclude that economic growth
indeed drives capital market development in Nigeria. And were recommend that policies aimed at facilitating
economic activities should be pursued by the monetary authorities, the government and policymakers to further
enhance the development of Nigerian capital market
American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development is indexed, refereed and peer-reviewed journal, which is designed to publish research articles.
Abstract: The theoretical relationship of the long-run equilibrium between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials is essentially derived from the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and the uncovered interest parity. However, empirical evidence on this long-run relationship has rather been inconclusive. While several authors are able to establish the long-run relationship between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials other could not found this relationship. The reason for lack of relationship in some of the studies is as a result of omitted variables (Meese and Rogoff, 1988). Therefore, attempt is made in this study to evaluate this relationship between real exchange rate and interest rate differential for the case of Nigeria by controlling for foreign exchange reserves. The paper uses monthly data for the period 1993:1-2012:12 and applies Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) model. The estimates suggest the existence of long-run relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. In the long run, the exchange rate coefficient has a positive effect on the foreign reserves. However, the effect of interest rate differential is negative and statistically significant. On the short run dynamics, the finding indicates a non-monotonic relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. The out-of-sample forecast indicates a better forecast using ARMA model as all Theil coefficients are close zero for all the horizons used in the model.
The theoretical relationship of the long-run equilibrium between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials is essentially derived from the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and the uncovered interest parity. However, empirical evidence on this long-run relationship has rather been inconclusive. While several authors are able to establish the long-run relationship between real exchange rates and interest rate differentials other could not found this relationship. The reason for lack of relationship in some of the studies is as a result of omitted variables (Meese and Rogoff, 1988). Therefore, attempt is made in this study to evaluate this relationship between real exchange rate and interest rate differential for the case of Nigeria by controlling for foreign exchange reserves. The paper uses monthly data for the period 1993:1-2012:12 and applies Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) model. The estimates suggest the existence of long-run relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. In the long run, the exchange rate coefficient has a positive effect on the foreign reserves. However, the effect of interest rate differential is negative and statistically significant. On the short run dynamics, the finding indicates a non-monotonic relationship between real exchange rate, interest rate differential and foreign exchange reserves. The out-of-sample forecast indicates a better forecast using ARMA model as all Theil coefficients are close zero for all the horizons used in the model.
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11.exchange rate volatility and stock market behaviour the nigerian experience
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Exchange Rate Volatility and Stock Market Behaviour: The
Nigerian Experience
Adaramola Anthony Olugbenga
Banking and Finance Department, Ekiti State University,
Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
gbengaadaramolaunad@yahoo.com
The research is financed by Asian Development Bank. No. 2006-A171
Abstract
This study examines the long-run and short-run effects of exchange rate on stock market development in
Nigeria over 1985:1–2009:4 using the Johansen cointegration tests. A bi-variate model was specified and
empirical results show a significant positive stock market performance to exchange rate in the short-run and
a significant negative stock market performance to exchange rate in the long-run. The Granger causality
test shows a strong evidence that the causation runs from exchange rate to stock market performance;
implying that variations in the Nigerian stock market is explained by exchange rate volatility.
Keywords: Johansen Cointegration Tests; Granger Causality Test; Exchange Rate Volatility; Stock
Market performance.
1. Introduction
The stock market plays a major role in financial intermediation in both developed and developing countries
by channeling idle funds from surplus to deficit units in the economy. As the economy of a nation develops,
more resources are needed to meet the rapid expansion. The stock market serves as a channel through
which savings are mobilized and efficiently allocated to achieve economic growth (Alile, 1984). Large and
long term capital resources are pooled through issuing of shares and stocks by industries in dire need of
finance for expansion purposes. Thus, the overall development of the economy is a function of how well
the stock market performs. Empirical evidences from developed economies as well as the emerging markets
have proved that the development of the stock market is sacrosanct to economic growth (Asaolu and
Ogunmuyiwa, 2010).
The macroeconomic view is one of the five schools of thought having bearing on the stock price behaviour.
It is a method of using factor analysis technique to determine the factors affecting asset returns. The
arbitrage pricing theory (Ross, 1976) has been the primary motives for earlier studies. Among
macroeconomic factors included in the models is the exchange rate. The approach is based on the economic
logic which suggests that everything does depend on everything else. The impact of exchange rate on stock
market differs from country to country (Abdelaziz et. al., 2008).
According to Maku and Atanda, (2009), theoretically, exchange rate as a macroeconomic variable is
expected to affect the performance of stock market. But over the years, the observed pattern of the
influence of this variable (in signs and magnitude) on stock market varies from one study to another in
different countries. Most findings in the literatures suggest that there is a significant linkage between
exchange rate and stock return.
The purpose of the study therefore is in two phases. First to investigate the empirical relationship persisting
in Nigeria between exchange rate and stock market performance in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
using quarterly data that span from 1985 to 2009. Specifically, in this phase we test for market
informational efficiency in NSE, by testing the existence of a long run causal relationship between
exchange rate and stock market performance using Granger causality test. Secondly, to complement the
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existing literature on the stock market–exchange rate nexus
2. Literature Review
Theory explains that a change in the exchange rates would affect a firm’s foreign operation and overall
profits. This would, in turn, affect its stock prices. The nature of the change in stock prices would depend
on the multinational characteristics of the firm. Dimitrova (2005) asserted that establishing the relationship
between stock prices and exchange rates is important for a few reasons. First, many researchers share the
view that it may affect decisions about monetary and fiscal policy. As quoted by Damitrova, Gavin (1989)
in his study demonstrates that a booming stock market has a positive effect on aggregate demand.
According to him, if aggregate demand is large enough, expansionary monetary or contractionary fiscal
policies that target the interest rate and the real exchange rate will be neutralized. Sometimes policy-makers
advocate less expensive currency in order to boost the export sector. They should be aware whether such a
policy might depress the stock market. Second, the link between the two markets may be used to predict the
path of the exchange rate. This will benefit multinational corporations in managing their exposure to
foreign contracts and exchange rate risk stabilizing their earnings. Third, currency is more often being
included as an asset in investment funds’ portfolios. Knowledge about the link between currency rates and
other assets in a portfolio is vital for the performance of the fund. The mean-variance approach to portfolio
analysis suggests that the expected return is implied by the variance of the portfolio. Therefore, an accurate
estimate of the variability of a given portfolio is needed. This requires an estimate of the correlation
between stock prices and exchange rates. Is the magnitude of this correlation different when the stock
prices are the trigger variable or when the exchange rates are the trigger variable? Last, the understanding
of the stock price-exchange rate relationship may prove helpful to foresee a crisis. Aggarwal (1981) found a
significant positive correlation between the US dollar and US stock prices while Soenen and Hennigan
(1988) reported a significant negative relationship.
Ajayi and Mougoue (1996) investigate the short-and long- run relationship between stock prices and
exchange rates in eight advanced economies. Of interest to them are the results on short-run effects in the
U.S. and U.K. markets. They find that an increase in stock prices causes the currency to depreciate for both
the U.S. and the U.K. Ajayi and Mougoue explain this as follows: a rising stock market is an indicator of an
expanding economy, which goes together with higher inflation expectations. Foreign investors perceive
higher inflation negatively. Their demand for the currency drops and it depreciates.
As revealed by Bhattacharya and Mukherjee (2001), Bahmani-Oskooee and Sohrabian (1992) were among
the first to use cointegration and Granger causality to explain the direction of movement between exchange
rates and stock prices. Since then various other papers analyzing these aspects and using this technique
have appeared covering both industrial and developing countries (for example, Granger et. al. (2000); Ajayi
et. al. (1998); Ibrahim (2000). The direction of causality, similar to earlier correlation studies, appears
mixed. For Hong Kong, Mok (1993) found that the relationship between stock returns and exchange rates
are bidirectional in nature. For the United States, Bahmani-Oskooee and Sohrabian (1992) point out that
there is a two-way relationship between the U.S. stock market and the exchange rates. Ma and Kao (1990)
in his study attributed the differences in results to the nature of the countries i.e. whether countries are
export or import dominant.
In their study on Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE), Acikalin et. al. (2008) using cointegration test and vector
error correction model submit that exchange rate provides a direct long run equilibrium relationship with
stock market index. Findings from the study reveal two ways of causalities between the two variables;
implying that prediction of ISE is possible using the past information on the moves of exchange rate. The
study of Ali et. al. (2010) on Pakistan Stock Exchange reveals that exchange rate has no cointegration with
stock exchange price index. The authors went further to establish that there is no granger causality between
exchange rate and stock market performance.
On the Nigerian scene, in their study on Nigerian Stock Exchange, Asaolu and Ogunmakinwa (2011)
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investigated nine (9) macoeconomic variables. Exchange rate was found to have a positive significant
impact on stock market prices. The authors went further to affirm that exchange rate granger causes average
share price when considered in pairs.
In a related work by Atanda and Maku (2009), the Nigerian Stock Exchange all share index is found to be
consistently determined by exchange rate. The work reveals that exchange rate has a long run significant
negative effect on stock market performance. This finding is consistent with the findings of Olowe (2007)
which also revealed that exchange rate has a negative influence on stock market performance.
3. Data Sample
This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between stock maket performance and exchange rate in
Nigerian economy. The choice of the variables is familiar with the works of Abdelaziz et. al. (2008) and
Jones and Kaul, (1996). All Share Index (ALS) was used as proxy for stock market performance while the
official foreign exchange of naira to US dollar was used as the exchange rate. The time period employed is
therefore from 1985:1 to 2009:4; implying the use of quarterly data, representing a total of 100 observations.
Data were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin.
4. Econometric Methodology
The two variables of stock exchange as ALSt, and exchange rate ECHRt were defined at time t. The natural
Log values of the data were also determined to express them in common denominator. Thereafter, the
following econometric procedure was systematically pursued. First, the non-stationarity and the order of
integration for both LALSt and LECHRt were tested by employing the Augumented Dickey-Fuller (ADF)
and the Phillips-Perron (PP) unit root tests which use a null hypothesis of stationarity. The tests are
performed for 0 to 100 lags i.e. 25 years. For all the unit root tests, if non-stationarity is not rejected, the
variable is differenced once and the unit root tests are performed again. This is repeated until stationarity is
achieved. The number of differences taken before the series become stationary is then the order of
integration. i.e. I(d). If the two time series are found to be integrated of the same order, we then proceed to
test for the existence of cointegration vectors among them by performing the Johansen Cointergration test
as specified below:
k
∆νt = ∅νt-1 + Σ λ1∆νt-1 + µt ………………………………….………………………….. (1)
i=1
If we find the existence of one cointegrating relation between the two variables of LALS and LECHR, we
can then proceed to derive the error correction mechanism (ECM) of forms:
∆LALSt=µ1+ ∑k-1j=1Γ11(j) ∆LALSt-j+∑k-1j=1Γ12(j)LECHRt-j+∏11LALSt-k+∏12LOILt-k ………. (2)
∆LECHRt=µ2+∑k-1j=1Γ21(j)∆LALSt-j+∑k-1j=1Γ22(j)∆LECHRt-j+∏21LALSt-k+∏22LECHRt-k .. (3)
Where the matrix Γ represents the short run dynamics of the relationship between LALS and LECHR and
matrix ∏ captures the long run information in the data.
5. The Granger Causality Test
Thus, the model uses Granger causality test to ascertain the direction of causality between all share index
(ALS) and exchange rate (ECHR) in Nigeria between 1985 and 2009 which covers the structural
adjustment, post adjustment and reform periods. The test procedure as described by Granger (1969) is
illustrated as:
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LALSt ∑kj=1 Aj LECHRt-1 + ∑kj=1 Bj LALSt-1 + Uit ……………………...…………… (4)
LECHRt ∑kj=1 Cj LECHRt-1 + ∑kj=1 Dj LALSt-1 + U2t ………………………………… (5)
6. Empirical Findings and Results
Figures 1 and 2 show the time series plots of the all share index (ALS) and exchange rate (ECHR). A visual
inspection of the graphs suggests a lack of existence of time trending properties in both series. Hence, the
need to perform the unit roots tests.
Figure 1. Graph of LALS
Figure 2. Graph of LECHR
Table 1: Unit Root Test
variables in levels variables in 1st diff
LALS LECHR LALS LECHR
ADF H0:Unit Root ADF(c) 1.456886 1.172962 -11.51530* -10.79414*
PP H0:Unit Root PP (c) 1.027810 1.172962 -22.83619* -10.76638*
Notes: All variables in logarithms; Period: 1985 – 2009; Significance levels: * = 5%
In general, the unit root tests for non-stationarity (i.e. ADF and PP) in table 1 above fail to reject the null
hypothesis of non-stationarity at both 1% and 5% levels for both ALS and ECHR in level terms. However,
the null hypotheses were rejected at 1% and 5% significance levels for both variables in first differenced
terms. The unit root tests therefore show strong evidence that Nigerian all share index (ALS) and
exchange rate (ECHR) are non-stationary and are integrated of order one i.e. I(1)
Johansen Cointegration Tests
Table 2: Trace Statistics Test
Hypothesized Trace 5 Percent 1 Percent
No. of CE(s) Eigenvalue Statistic Critical Value Critical Value
None * 0.127940 19.49513 15.41 20.04
At most 1 * 0.062073 6.216087 3.76 6.65
*(**) denotes rejection of the hypothesis at the 5%(1%) level
Trace test indicates 2 cointegrating equation(s) at the 5% level
Trace test indicates no cointegration at the 1% level
Having confirmed the stationarity of the variables (LALS, LECHR) at the I(1), the existence of a long-run
equilibrium relationship between the variables in the model was determined. This was achieved by using
the trace statistics test and the maximum eigen test of the Johansen Cointegration test. From the above, it
could be deduced that the trace statistics is greater than the 5 percent critical value at the Non-hypothesized
(None *) which established a long run cointegration relationship in the model. Furthermore, the Maximum
eigen test also confirms the existence of a long-run cointegration relationship in the model. The table below
shows the result of the Maximum eigen test. The 5% critical value is less than the maximum eigen statistic
showing that there exists one cointegrating equation.
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Table 3: Maximum Eigen Test
Hypothesized Max-Eigen 5 Percent 1 Percent
No. of CE(s) Eigenvalue Statistic Critical Value Critical Value
None 0.127940 13.27904 14.07 18.63
At most 1 0.062073 6.216087 3.76 6.65
*(**) denotes rejection of the hypothesis at the 5%(1%) level
Max-eigenvalue test indicates 1 cointegration at both 5% level
Results in the table 4 below further confirm the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship in the
model. Furthermore, it shows an existence of one cointegration equation which pointed out that the
long-run relationship between ALS and ECHR is negative (see results in the following table). t* = -8.125
which implies that exchange rate exerts a significant negative impact on stock market performance in
Nigeria.
Table 4: Normalized Cointegrating Coefficients
1 Cointegrating Equation(s): Log likelihood -95.76575
Normalized cointegrating coefficients (std.err. in parentheses)
LALS LECHR
1.000000 -1.362229
(0.16765)
From this, the short-run relationship of the parameters using the Error Correction Model (ECM) was
ascertained. The Error correction model shows that the individual coefficients of the explanatory variable
(ECHR) are in conformity with theory. This is shown in the table below:
Table 5: Result of the Error Correction Mechanism (ECM)
Included observations: 97 after adjusting endpoints
Variable Coefficient Std. Error t-Statistic Prob.
D(LALS(-1),2) -0.555103 0.066842 -8.304767 0.0000
D(LECHR,2) 1.022607 0.425789 2.401674 0.0183
D(LECHR(-1),2) 0.875460 0.418269 2.093056 0.0391
ECM(-1) -0.723121 0.113154 -6.390588 0.0000
R-squared 0.619338 Mean dependent var -0.000830
Adjusted R-squared 0.607059 S.D. dependent var 1.725542
S.E. of regression 1.081657 Akaike info criterion 3.035227
Sum squared resid 108.8082 Schwarz criterion 3.141401
Log likelihood -143.2085 Durbin-Watson stat 2.173022
The table above shows that ECHR including its lagged variable are positively related to ALS in deviation
from the long-run perspective. The R2 shows that exchange rate accounted for about 61.9% of the variations
in the behaviour of Nigerian stock market. Furthermore, the durbin-watson statistics of 2.17 shows that
there exist no autocorrelation or serial correlation in the data for the model.
Table 6: Granger Causality Test
Pairwise Granger Causality Tests
Sample: 1985:1 2009:4
Lags: 2
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Null Hypothesis: Obs F-Statistic Probability
LECHR does not Granger Cause LALS 98 5.02329 0.00848
LALS does not Granger Cause LECHR 0.34050 0.71230
Lastly, the Granger causality test rejects the null hypothesis that says ‘LECHR does not Granger Cause
LALS’. This implies the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis. However, the test fails to reject the
second null hypothesis saying ‘LALS does not Granger Cause LECHR’. The test therefore clearly shows a
unidirectional relationship running from exchange rate to stock market performance in Nigeria. i.e. there is
a strong evidence that the causation runs from exchange rate stock market returns; implying that variations
in the Nigerian stock market is explained by exchange rate volatility. My finding here is consistent with the
works of Granger, Huang and Yang (2000).
7. Summary and Concluding Remarks
This paper applies the Johansen cointegration technique and error correction mechanism to investigate
whether exchange rate exerts any influence or impact on the performance of Nigeria stock market. The
main results of the paper show that exchange rate as a factor exerts significant impact on Nigerian stock
market both in the short run and in the long run. In the short run, exchange rate has a positive significant
impact on stock market performance in Nigeria. However, the results also show that the relationship is
significantly negative in the long run. This is consistent with theory especially for import dominated
economies like Nigeria. Ma and Kao (1990) attributed the differences in results to the nature of the
countries. My findings give empirical support for the work of Olowe (2007). The negative influence of
exchange rate on Nigerian stock market performance could be as a result of heavy devaluation of the
currency since the introduction of the structural adjustment programme in 1986. As a result of this, the
stock market could not adjust to the high devaluation. The findings here are consistent with the works of
Ajayi and Mougoue (1996), and Soenen and Hennigan (1988). Although, Nigeria is an oil exporting
country, the import bill on oil and other products is substantially greater than what is exported in the recent
times. Government has to resuscitate the various export sectors such as agriculture, energy and
manufacturing sectors of the economy so that the nation import bills will be kept at minimum.
The statistical significance of exchange rate both in the short-run and the long-run suggests that volatility of
exchange rate can be used to predict the performance of stock market in Nigeria. Hence, investors are
guided in their investment decision making. Again, policy makers must also be mindful of the trend
exchange rate as regards the formulation of policies having impact on the Nigerian stock market. As
corollary to this, the predictability of stock market performance with exchange rate volatility is a serious
violation of efficient market hypothesis.
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