International Economics
Order Description
1. Is There Empirical Evidence with Regard to E§ects of the Nominal
Exchange Rate on Export and Import Shares in GDP? The
Case of X (in Two Countries of Your Choice Before and After
the Global Financial Crisis)? Collect the respective data on GDP,
exports and imports (all measured at constant prices in national or some world currency, or in real terms) for two countries of your choice i and j as well as on their bilateral nominal exchange rate. Add a few controlvariablesî that the literature suggests as important in such empirical studies, e.g., supply to or demand from main trading partner(s) or key international prices such as oil prices. The data could be annual, quarterly or monthly, and should relate to a period since the 1970s (if annual data are used) or later. Especially with quarterly (or monthly) data, consider in particular the sub-period since the mid-2007, in addition to the whole sample period. Compare, discuss and interpret your results with view to
addressing the question in the title of the project.
The countries chosen are India and USA.
The control variables I will focus on is: World Income and Interest rates for both USA and India. Focus mainly on World Income though.
Country Name Country Code Series Name Series Code 1970 [YR1970] 1971 [YR1971] 1972 [YR1972] 1973 [YR1973] 1974 [YR1974] 1975 [YR1975] 1976 [YR1976] 1977 [YR1977] 1978 [YR1978] 1979 [YR1979] 1980 [YR1980] 1981 [YR1981] 1982 [YR1982] 1983 [YR1983] 1984 [YR1984] 1985 [YR1985] 1986 [YR1986] 1987 [YR1987] 1988 [YR1988] 1989 [YR1989] 1990 [YR1990] 1991 [YR1991] 1992 [YR1992] 1993 [YR1993] 1994 [YR1994] 1995 [YR1995] 1996 [YR1996] 1997 [YR1997] 1998 [YR1998] 1999 [YR1999] 2000 [YR2000] 2001 [YR2001] 2002 [YR2002] 2003 [YR2003] 2004 [YR2004] 2005 [YR2005] 2006 [YR2006] 2007 [YR2007] 2008 [YR2008] 2009 [YR2009] 2010 [YR2010] 2011 [YR2011] 2012 [YR2012] 2013 [YR2013] 2014 [YR2014]
India IND Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) SE.ADT.LITR.ZS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.76359177 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48.22207642 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 61.01455688 .. .. .. .. 62.75447464 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
India IND Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land) AG.CON.FERT.ZS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.3290553 105.1772039 115.2715101 127.614592 136.4039215 142.8352255 153.3493908 167.4572959 179.0986262 177.935847 163.6706402 .. ..
India IND Food production index (2004-2006 = 100) AG.PRD.FOOD.XD 38.6 39.04 37.42 40.4 39.12 43.47 43.08 46.63 48.09 45.87 47.75 51.12 50.81 56.9 57.97 59.22 60.2 59.66 65.38 69.08 70.29 71.25 74.25 77.02 79.17 81.2 84.63 85.74 88.13 92.24 91.67 94.81 87.36 96.49 94.68 100.02 105.3 114.62 117.06 114.41 123.59 130.61 130 .. ..
India IND Livestock production index (2004-2006 = 100) AG.PRD.LVSK.XD 27.01 28.55 28.94 29.58 30.86 32.04 33.7 34.97 35.69 37.22 38.75 41.21 43.69 46.38 48.74 51.32 53.22 54.45 56.04 58.77 60.86 61.75 63.85 66.1 68.37 71.84 74.25 76.37 79.14 82.54 84.53 87.78 89.47 91.56 95.79 99.81 104.39 111.06 114.26 118.8 124.37 126.33 127.91 .. ..
India IND Rural population growth (annual %) SP.RUR.TOTL.ZG 1.978370158 1.95671498 1.849312804 1.862435591 1.870611294 1.880916736 1.88783442 1.88921245 1.881568619 1.863442472 1.836274618 1.867136517 1.95829068 1.932117284 1.908476302 1.88680234 1.863269243 1.836823953 1.80189757 1.75839768 1.711990377 1.678566084 1.666260192 1.622380566 1.583344443 1.54908979 1.511709063 1.474652415 1.439291778 1.40585329 1.373198325 1.292872151 1.15753019 1.115811947 1.063334141 1.008206786 0.949188217 0.893393342 0.847855431 0.818799767 0.797480055 0.777840055 0.7458623 0.709438293 ..
India IND Urban population growth (annual %) SP.URB.GROW 3.231904292 3.407264966 3.8998856 3.900553059 3.920816906 3.924898953 3.931700217 3.932977342 3.925256393 3.907085408 3.885545815 3.654434437 3.236470707 3.212747363 3.191524886 3.166814029 3.14571623 3.116324241 3.083856325 3.042793164 2.988289032 2.889463544 2.740146452 2.695929376 2.656580064 2.616915533 2.584417603 2.547122019 2.511548743 2.477923036 2.44510701 2.543609148 2.771758822 2.728582008 2.679632599 2.618390604 2.558279833 2.506285381 2.464580488 2.42997298 2.407999401 2.392484131 2.39242233 2.38286842 ..
India IND Urban population (% of total) SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS 19.76 19.991 20.321 20.653 20.991 21.332 21.677 22.026 22.379 22.736 23.098 23.417 23.647 23.879 24.113 24.348 24.585 24.823 25.063 25.305 25.547 25.778 25.984 26.191 26.399 26.607 26.817 27.028 27.24 27.453 27.667 27.918 28.244 28.572 28.903 29.235 29.569 29.906 30.246 30.587 30.93 31.276 31.631 31.994 ..
India IND Rural population (% of total population) SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS 80.24 80.009 79.679 79.347 79.009 78.668 78.323 77.974 77.621 77.264 76.902 76.583 76.353 76.121 75.887 75.652 75.415 75.177 74.937 74.695 74.453 74.222 74.016 73.809 73.601 73.393 73.183 72.972 72.76 72.547 72.333 72.082 71.756 71.428 71.097 70.765 70.431 70.094 69.754 69.413 69.07 68.724 68.369 68.006 ..
India IND CO2 emissions (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP) EN.ATM.CO2E.KD.GD 1.286257237 1.335022455 1.420571141 1.416246791 1.447379769 1.44155929 1.483106982 1.654829336 1.57707919 1.737021222 1.708987261 1.733520316 1.780760529 1.801011198 1.794074053 1.869795494 1.913348955 1.965305554 1.935525735 1.997564312 1.971716521 2.084663369 2.098941064 2.082153752 2.073548376 2.050373279 2.076727197 2.0789726 2.010349326 1.971855355 1.969063132 1.905642649 1.870803774 1.81240132 1.766610278 1.691563425 1.650434111 1.610059362 1.741996669 1.75740556 1.615230732 .. .. .. ..
India IND CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total (% of total fuel combustion) EN.CO2.ETOT.ZS .. 22.01019083 23.60170916 24.3397676 26.97779551 27.65410604 29.18910542 28.21175934 25.42304755 27.41786124 31.39054612 32.26196153 33.50175812 35.36304956 34.07611609 37.69526498 39.3784343 42.18137306 41.69548483 42.79028263 43.3938936 44.78533511 46.30350789 49.02857647 48.43730423 51.15838817 52.98345986 52.10492717 53.89300544 54.8453784 56.72595229 57.98446618 57.08328404 58.03083904 59.05928642 58.73956508 57.98312646 58.54280617 57.5586641 55.64570202 54.94817093 55.21185518 .. .. ..
India IND CO2 emissions from gaseous fuel consumption (% of total) EN.ATM.CO2E.GF.ZS 0.473541792 0.527243904 0.553797468 0.521420749 0.586422192 0.687739909 0.870230069 0.786413744 0.862456618 0.913600159 0.714293228 0.769945703 1.095260009 1.213791934 1.38114297 1.469147894 1.96228836 2.277016305 2.509994617 2.79555499 3.057529126 3.196099675 3.481064488 3.318007214 3.355676244 4.247924464 3.969133838 4.412245113 4.443866677 3.700677395 3.700178612 3.622091376 3.845176641 3.902672056 3.679985642 3.577275491 3.289262 3.272846434 3.167167062 3.988767371 4.901325457 .. .. .. ..
India IND Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy) EG.USE.CRNW.ZS .. 61.21474322 61.18718913 60.93140915 59.81623657 59.00689389 57.97879677 57.71055981 58.81134841 57.46420028 56.76694029 54.65051438 53.27501993 52.26938513 50.77599821 48.93088702 47.81547502 46.652878 44.87403429 43.37348692 42.13463787 41.06055006 40.02770826 39.34548534 38.08182462 36.43218794 35.63058934 34.6397619 34.15747303 32.73053928 32.55987382 32.47838902 31.95491755 31.54778114 30.19758005 29.50050403 28.47373965 27.99804969 27.16931104 25.22376428 24.88291296 24.65827227 .. .. ..
India IND Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS .. 55.98336949 59.81621192 56.9001044 60.76058322 58.1768033 60.15687915 59.27240013 54.65177517 57.1272824 58.44541338 59.88286076 64.07270135 64.55620753 65.69782217 69.45253285 70.745582 76.02564571 73.59919107 75.14990899 73.11030342 75.18019459 76.94709855 78.67877138 77.01965037 80.57870237 81.92752601 81.58334264 80.66967313 82.0003019 83.17998461 83.22957266 85.26100256 84.450592 83.77902014 81.78171397 80.84871657 79.85620173 81.65433865 82.23424703 80.89949091 79.41529748 .. .. ..
India IND Energy imports, net (% of energy use) EG.IMP.CONS.ZS .. 9.525023915 8.909525815 9.418719813 8.665330604 6.795062214 8.222502482 8.449695565 7.026768705 9.547903755 8.911266261 7.394517044 6.212854533 4.585535762 3.735482012 6.036741765 4.966116109 5.601191966 5.678785248 7.261037185 7.869987482 8.473908099 10.63123883 11.58650761 11.80695489 12.62390141 13.71893378 14.34713703 16.65205465 19.82829834 19.8620072 19.37430416 19.65762177 19.02622357 21.03845161 21.41892542 22.42074381 23.78526045 24.51382184 26.36036167 26.58945366 27.82160511 .. .. ..
India IND Water productivity, total (constant 2005 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal) ER.GDP.FWTL.M3.KD .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.502009199 .. .. .. .. 0.510462272 .. .. .. .. 0.574461403 .. .. .. .. 0.746694842 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.074305709 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.825294906 1.916869851 ..
India IND Agricultural land (% of land area) AG.LND.AGRI.ZS 59.88584652 59.80680683 59.85019457 60.12094753 60.29954359 60.43811529 60.42298003 60.40347236 60.74014779 60.73611172 60.63251928 60.67590702 60.80035248 60.69642371 61.0293994 60.99172942 60.94195124 61.06000626 60.90798099 61.04588001 61.01628218 61.07446884 60.97995755 61.00585566 60.97524881 60.85887548 60.73913877 60.87098369 60.83499541 60.88443725 60.86896566 60.70483218 60.5534796 60.64496383 60.56895119 60.4932749 60.53195389 60.44316038 60.44282404 60.5285905 60.45997733 60.47343089 60.30559769 .. ..
India IND Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land) AG.LND.IRIG.AG.ZS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32.20730579 31.61683432 29.87704441 31.62930427 32.91819102 33.56670167 34.33717844 34.65955884 35.1161072 35.18933683 .. .. .. ..
India IND Droughts, floods, extreme temperatures (% of population, average 1990-2009) EN.CLC.MDAT.ZS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.356108992 .. .. .. .. ..
India IND Coal rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.COAL.RT.ZS 0.190224397 0.174434751 0.201102263 0.218982937 0.438455472 1.123652417 1.105219832 0.969221853 0.740698727 0.69000446 0.949344814 1.576699595 1.693370542 0.946065375 0.866035923 0.942352412 0.684282741 0.39984598 0.56094855 0.735385697 0.776534239 0.892748051 0.736666833 0.485266291 0.491347094 0.728635627 0.662869709 0.589489426 0.3655656 0.232013315 0.312511336 0.720061904 0.380647302 0.432015309 1.29946462 0.902680946 0.918357365 1.057403449 2.776880625 1.150569664 1.442820109 1.847151091 1.386575217 .. ..
India IND Natural gas rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.NGAS.RT.ZS 0.009372378 0.011788185 0.012865125 0.013314782 0.03304567 0.040445538 0.051853395 0.051445873 0.066094302 0.081178641 0.073794048 0.113859219 0.146399544 0.143796888 0.172675978 0.170638691 0.203626079 0.143249505 0.142322111 0.153834738 0.218658242 0.298621583 0.276684197 0.347992229 0.27840879 0.311850733 0.398712808 0.396133848 0.315119553 0.265902617 0.672829071 0.62200501 0.457854437 0.661320691 0.613639531 0.862493751 0.717762791 0.557459151 0.841149172 0.478264658 0.386931242 0.347859368 0.250018421 .. ..
India IND Oil rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.PETR.RT.ZS 0.080289641 0.118017014 0.120832242 0.158448545 0.596498418 0.621826777 0.697685221 0.767012465 0.74678056 1.669133715 1.412624878 1.966961416 2.186444817 2.199313116 2.415698297 2.112392989 0.886192909 1.113184522 0.829811924 1.139625103 1.403906048 1.241870701 0.994643641 0.895295348 0.851901364 0.930757455 0.989552115 0.889582903 0.485019857 0.65297789 1.156551363 0.8988824 0.891509806 0.912981276 1.088486125 1.306497585 1.469338449 1.243414029 1.701893197 0.873606906 1.032559732 1.270988474 1.24742689 .. ..
India IND Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS 2.295362946 2.457428502 2.595939504 3.375483048 3.94699195 5.46252763 6.002555802 6.037179913 5.023818723 6.939119537 6.292661554 6.976289116 7.571812098 5.921989666 5.795545139 5.432853125 4.559002888 4.478856586 4.888517774 4.76397282 5.147164822 5.395859795 4.55430056 4.369881721 3.78600021 4.251977964 6.067551727 3.371631632 3.042385364 2.974836286 3.56254406 3.591614743 2.769495879 3.454961561 4.485846395 4.940842817 5.550889829 5.951197638 9.078207966 4.682595248 6.211503327 6.794931256 5.628935689 .. ..
India IND Bank capital to assets ratio (%) FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..&nb