The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility on Iran’s Bilateral Trade in Six Major Countries

The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of exchange rate uncertainty on trade balance between Iran and countries which are major  trading partner of Iran, using the EGARCH method and the ARDL model (to examine the coherency and short- and long-term dynamics of the model). The data used in this paper includes quarterly data in the period of 1995 to 2017 for the real effective exchange rate, imports and exports of Iran (trade balance is between Iran and the main countries that are considered as trading partners of Iran, including China, Emirate, Germany, South Korea, and Turkey), real GDP of Iran, and real GDP of the main trading sides of Iran. The results demonstrate that, according to the model variables in the short and long term, in the case of changing in exchange rate, the trade balance of Iran versus other trading countries experience different variation, depending on the amount, volume and type of goods that are in business.