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Quantile causality from dollar exchange rate to international oil price

원유가격에 대한 환율의 인과관계 : 비모수 분위수검정 접근

  • Jeong, Kiho (School of Economics and Trade, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2017.02.22
  • Accepted : 2017.03.23
  • Published : 2017.03.31

Abstract

This paper analyzes the causal relationship between dollar exchange rate and international oil price. Although large literature on the relationship has accumulated, results are not unique but diversified. Based on the idea that such diversified results may be due to different causality at different economic status, we considers an approach to test the causal relationship at each quantile. This approach is different from the mean causality analysis widely employed by the existing literature of the causal relationship. In this paper, monthly data from May 1987 to 2013 is used for the causal analysis in which Brent oil price and Major Currencies Dollar Index (MCDI) are considered. The test method is the nonparametric test for causality in quantile suggested by Jeong et al. (2012). The results show that although dollar exchange rate causes oil price in mean, the causal relationship does not exist at most quantiles.

본 논문은 국제원유가격에 대한 환율의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 두 변수의 인과관계에 대해서는 많은 선행연구들이 있지만 인과관계의 유무에 대해서는 결과들이 일치하지 않고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 상반된 결과들이 경제상황에 따라 각기 다른 인과관계가 분석되었을 가능성에 착안해서 분위수별로 인과관계를 분석하며 이 점에서 지금까지 평균 인과관계를 분석한 선행연구들과 차별화된다. 자료는 Brent 원유의 국제가격과 미국의 주요국 환율의 가중평균 (major currencies dollar index; MCDI)의 1987년 5월부터 2013년 7월까지 기간의 월별자료를 이용하였다. 분석방법으로서 분위수 인과관계 개념에 대해 비모수 커널방법을 적용한 Jeong 등 (2012) 방법을 사용하였다. 분석결과, 전통적인 평균 인과관계에서는 달러 환율이 원인이고 Brent 원유가격이 결과인 인과관계가 존재하는 반면에, 비모수분위수검정에서는 중앙값인 0.5 분위수 근방의 분위수에서는 인과관계가 존재하고 대부분 분위수에서 인과관계는 존재하지 않는 것으로 나타나서 평균인과 검정결과를 해석할 때 주의가 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

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