Policy turmoil in China: a barrier for FDI flows?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Wei Su ◽  
Xian-Li Meng ◽  
Ran Tao ◽  
Muhammad Umar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Subprime Crisis ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rolling Window ◽  
The Us

PurposeThis research examines the dynamic interrelationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and the inflows of foreign direct investment (IFDI) in China.Design/methodology/approachThis research used the Granger causality and sub-sample time-varying rolling window causality method.FindingsThe empirical results reveal that EPU tends to have a negative impact on the IFDI in most periods that have been taken into consideration. However, there has been a positive relationship observed between the periods of the US subprime crisis. That is to say that the uncertainty of the Chinese economic policy does not always impede the IFDI. These results are supported by the general equilibrium model, which states that there are certain influences that come into play when moving from EPU to IFDI. On the other hand, the IFDI exert a positive influence on EPU during times of economic crisis and trade war, which indicates that the uncertainty in the economy may increase due to the sudden soar of foreign investment.Originality/valueDuring tense global trade situations and complicated economic scenarios, the results suggest the Chinese government should dedicate itself to expanding its initiatives to open up and improve the domestic business environment in order to increase the foreign investors' confidence and prevent the decline in the IFDI. In addition to this, it also suggests that multinational companies pay attention to the policy environment of the host country, especially when they decide to invest there.

How and when economic policy uncertainty influences firms' strategic change: the role of CEO turnover and organizational inertia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Zhong ◽  
Weihong Chen ◽  
Ge Ren
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Strategic Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Ceo Turnover ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Organizational Inertia ◽  
The Impact

PurposeMany studies have examined the antecedents of firms' strategic change on a micro and meso level, but few studies have explored it from the macrolevel (e.g. economic policy uncertainty) perspective. This research draws attention to the impact of economic policy uncertainty on firms' strategic change.Design/methodology/approachThis research empirically tests hypotheses based on a sample of listed firms in China during the period between 2010 and 2017.FindingsBased on real options theory, the authors theorize and find that economic policy uncertainty will negatively affect firms' strategic change through the mediating effect of CEO turnover. Moreover, organizational inertia will strengthen the negative impact of economic policy uncertainty on CEO turnover and will weaken the positive impact of CEO turnover on firms' strategic change.Originality/valueFirst, this research contributes to the strategic change literature by demonstrating the important impact of economic policy uncertainty on firms' strategic change. Second, this research expands the literature on the economic consequences of economic policy uncertainty. Third, this research clarifies the path and boundary conditions of economic policy uncertainty affecting strategic change by introducing the mediating effects of CEO turnover and the moderating effects of organizational inertia.

Dynamic frequency relationships between bitcoin, oil, gold and economic policy uncertainty index

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samah Hazgui ◽  
Saber Sebai ◽  
Walid Mensi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Commodity Price ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Uncertainty Index ◽  
The Us ◽  
Multiple Frequencies

Purpose This paper aims to examine the frequency of co-movements and asymmetric dependencies between bitcoin (BTC), gold, Brent crude oil and the US economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a wavelet approach and a quantile-on-quantile regression (QQR) method. Findings The results show a positive interdependence between BTC and commodity price returns at both medium and low frequencies over the sample period. In contrast, the dependence is negative between BTC and EPU index at both medium and low frequencies. Furthermore, the co-movements between markets are more pronounced during crises. The results show that strategic commodities and EPU index have the ability to predict BTC price returns at both medium- and long-terms. The QQR method reveals that higher gold returns tend to predict higher/lower BTC returns when the market is in a bullish/bearish state. Moreover, lower gold returns tend to predict lower (higher) BTC returns when the market is in a bearish (bullish) state (positive (negative) relationship). The lower Brent returns tend to predict higher/lower BTC returns when the market is in a bullish/bearish state. High Brent quantiles tend to predict the lower BTC returns in its extremely bearish states. Finally, higher and lower EPU changes tend to predict lower and higher BTC returns when the market is in a bearish/bullish state (negative relationship). Originality/value There is generally a lack of understanding of the linkages between BTC, gold, oil and uncertainty index across multiple frequencies. This is, as far as the authors know, the first attempt to apply both the wavelet approach and a QQR method to examine the multiscale linkages among markets under study. The findings should encourage the relevant policymakers to consider these co-movements which vary over time and in duration when setting up regulations that deem to enhance the market efficiency.

Economic policy uncertainty and grain futures price volatility: evidence from China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyong Xiao ◽  
Qingsong Tian ◽  
Shuxia Hou ◽  
Chongguang Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Price Volatility ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Futures Prices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Futures Price ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on China’s grain futures prices. Related literature has discussed several factors contributing to the dramatic boom and bust in China’s grain futures prices, but has overlooked the influence of EPU. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a newly developed time-varying parameter vector autoregressive model to study and contrast the impact of different types of uncertainty on China’s grain futures prices. The directional volatility spillover index is used to measure the impact of EPU on China’s grain futures prices and compare the differences among commodities. Findings The results show that EPU affects China’s grain futures prices significantly. The 2008 global financial crisis had stronger influence on China’s grain futures prices than other types of uncertainty. Furthermore, EPU has smaller influence on wheat futures price than on maize and soybean. The Chinese Government interventions may be the reason for this difference. Originality/value This study addresses the lack of empirical investigation on the influence of EPU on China’s grain futures price volatility.

US economic policy uncertainty spillover on the stock markets of the GCC countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khandokar Istiak ◽  
Md Rafayet Alam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
The Us

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the nature and degree of US economic policy uncertainty spillover on the stock markets of a group of non-conventional economies like the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, where a risk-sharing-based financial system is prominent and foreign investment, risk-free interest, derivatives, etc. are not as widespread as in the western economies.Design/methodology/approachthe monthly data of 1992–2018, linear and nonlinear structural vector autoregression (VAR) model, and an impulse response-based test to explore the nature and degree of US economic policy uncertainty spillover on the stock markets of the GCC countries.FindingsThis study finds that an unexpected increase in the US economic policy uncertainty significantly decreases the stock market index of all the GCC countries. This study also gets this relationship symmetric, meaning that the GCC stock market indices decrease and increase by the same amount when the US economic policy uncertainty increases and decreases, respectively.Originality/valueThis study investigates the characteristics of economic policy uncertainty spillover from the biggest economy of the world to the stock markets of the GCC region, which is new to the literature. The study results provide the first evidence that a risk-sharing based financial system does not necessarily protect the stock market from US uncertainty shock. However, the abundance of local investors, risk-sharing investment activities, the absence of derivatives, etc. may be responsible for the symmetric behavior of a stock market.

Economic policy uncertainty, market returns and expected return predictability

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick A. Adjei ◽  
Mavis Adjei
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Future Market ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Market Returns ◽  
Expected Return ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Using the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index as a proxy for the level of EPU, we study the impact of the level of EPU on the conditional mean of market returns and we examine the predictive power of EPU on future market returns. Design/methodology/approach We employ a GARCH-in-Mean model with exogenous variables. Findings The results show that even after controlling for business cycle effects, EPU is inversely related to contemporaneous market returns. Particularly, the authors find that the negative impact of EPU subsists only during recessions or recessionary states of the economy, and has no discernible effects during expansionary periods. Originality/value This is the first study to examine the predictive power of EPU on future market returns.

scholarly journals Impact of Trump’s Phenomenon, Brexit, & Oil Prices Fluctuation Toward Indonesia’s Economic Growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-373
Author(s):  
Abdul Holik
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The Us ◽  
Short Run

This paper tries to find impact of global uncertainties toward Indonesia’s economic growth. Several problems which will be discussed in this paper namely: impacts of President Donald Trump’s policies, Brexit, and uncertainty regarding crude oil prices. It conducted from 1st quarter of 2010 until 1st quarter of 2017. The method of analysis used here is VECM (Vector Error Correction Model). We use dummy variable to capture the specific change of economic policies when Brexit and Trump’s emergence appear as the major issues which attract attention around the world. We consider these as the uncertainties which influence global society. Based on the result, there is positive impact of economic policy uncertainty in UK in the long-run. When Brexit was taken into account, in the short-run, it also has positive impact toward Indonesia’s economic growth. Meanwhile economic policy uncertainty in the US generates negative impact on Indonesia’s economic growth. But Trump’s emergence in the US presidency produces positive impact in the short-run. Oil price fluctuation as the latest shock in the global context has positive significant impact on Indonesia’s economic growth. We consider these results as ways to find breakthrough in understanding of changing policies from developed countries; that not all of them will contribute to negative matters. The conjecture, hunch, and any speculation must be postponed due to lack of convincing proofs.

Policy uncertainty and dynamics of international trade

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rexford Abaidoo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Demand Forecast ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The Us

PurposeThis study aims to empirically examine how economic policy uncertainty emanating from three major global economic blocks (the US, the Chinese and the European Union) and volatility in global oil prices influence international trade.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses quarterly data spanning the period between 1995 and 2014 in an autoregressive distributed lag framework.FindingsThis study finds that economic policy uncertainty conditions associated with the US and the Chinese economies tend to have significant negative or constraining impact on key components of international trade. Further analysis suggests that between the two leading economies (the US and the Chinese economies), economic policy uncertainty emanating from the US economy tend to have much more constraining impact on dynamics of international trade than the Chinese economy all things being equal.Practical implicationsThis study’s findings carry significant strategic planning and policy implications for international trade dependent firms or corporations and economies. For instance, for multi-national corporations or firms whose products and services depend heavily on cross-border trade, understanding and taking into consideration prevailing economic policy dynamics emanating from the US and the Chinese economies in product and services demand forecast, and other strategic moves could be critical in minimizing potential adverse effects on projected performance or growth targets.Originality/valueThe uniqueness of this study’s approach stems from its assessment of how perception of uncertainty among economic agents about economic policies originating from three noted global economic blocks impacts international trade. In other words, instead of traditional factors or conditions surmised to influence variability in trend associated with international trade found in related studies, this study rather examines how perceptions of uncertainty about prevailing or yet to be enacted economic policy within specific global economic block impacts international trade.

scholarly journals Do COVID-19 and crude oil prices drive the US economic policy uncertainty?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-107
Author(s):  
Claudiu Tiberiu ALBULESCU
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
The Us

This paper investigates the effect of COVID-19 and crude oil prices on the United States (US) economic policy uncertainty (EPU), with a focus on the pre-pandemic phase of the sanitary crisis. Using daily data for the period January 21 – March 13, 2020, our Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model shows that the new infection cases reported at global level, and the fatality ratio, have no significant effect on the US EPU during the first phase of the crisis, whereas the oil price negative dynamics leads to increased uncertainty. However, analysing the situation outside China, we discover that both new case announcements and the COVID-19 associated death ratio have a positive influence on the US EPU. Keywords: coronavirus; economic policy uncertainty; COVID-19; EPU; oil prices

Momentum strategies in times of economic policy uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Paule-Vianez ◽  
Júlio Lobão ◽  
Raúl Gómez-Martínez ◽  
Camilo Prado-Román
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Momentum Effect ◽  
Economic Cycle ◽  
Momentum Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the influence of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the momentum effect, analysing its influence depending on the economic cycle and in different quantiles. Design/methodology/approach To determine the influence of EPU in the momentum effect taking into account the economic cycle and the level of the quantile, linear regression and quantile regression have been applied for the period from 2 January 1985 to 30 April 2019 for the US stock market. Findings It is shown that an increased feeling of insecurity associated with EPU reduces the momentum effect, especially in times of recession. Distinguishing by quantiles, an asymmetry in the impact of EPU in the momentum effect is discovered, finding that EPU reduces (increases) the profits of momentum strategies in the lowest (highest) quantiles. In the highest quantiles, an investor can obtain higher extraordinary returns with this strategy. For example, in the highest quantile, a one-point increase in the EPU levels would have increased the daily profitability by 12.7 basis points. These findings have important implications for investors and policymakers. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that evaluates the influence of EPU on the momentum effect by conducting an analysis based on the economic cycle and different quantiles, demonstrating how these factors are relevant in the influence of this uncertainty in the momentum anomaly.

Momentum return volatility, uncertainty, and energy prices: evidence from major international equity markets

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-433
Author(s):  
Spyros Spyrou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Panel Var ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Policy Uncertainty ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper examines the impact of macroeconomic and risk factors on the profitability and volatility of professional momentum portfolios for the US, the UK, Japan and Germany, for the period 1998–2018. Many of the factors employed, such as energy price changes and economic policy uncertainty, have been largely neglected in the relevant literature.Design/methodology/approachRegression analysis, VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION (VAR), Panel-VAR, Variance Decomposition AnalysisFindingsThe results indicate that, since the financial crises in the US and the EU, energy prices and economic-policy uncertainty have become important return determinants, along with market-related uncertainty that seems to have a stable impact over time, especially for the U.S. and U.K. portfolios.Research limitations/implicationsEconomic policy uncertainty significantly affects contemporaneous momentum returns in the US, UK and Japan, mainly between 2007 and 2018, while market-related uncertainty affects all markets during all subperiods. In addition, the variance of market-related uncertainty (VIX) explains a large percentage of the variance in the momentum returns for the US, UK and Germany.Practical implicationsThe main implication of the findings for portfolio managers is that a manager may increase (decrease) exposure to the momentum factor during optimistic (pessimistic) periods and during periods of rising energy prices (high economic policy and market-related uncertainty).Originality/valueThe paper examines the impact of factors, such as energy prices and economic policy uncertainty, which have been largely neglected in the relevant literature on the possible drivers of the momentum strategies. It employs professional portfolios that are often used in practice as benchmark indexes.

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