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Macroeconomic uncertainties are expected to affect investment decisions. This study analyzes the effect of the real exchange rate, inflation, and growth uncertainties on private investment in Turkey, an emerging country. While a generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model is adopted to measure uncertainties, the existence of a long-run relationship of the variables is assessed using the bound testing approach. Finally, an error correction model is estimated to capture the dynamic relationship. Findings/Originality: The results for the short-run dynamic estimation show that both inflation and real exchange rate uncertainties have a significant negative effect on investments. As for the long-run equilibrium, exchange rate, inflation, and growth uncertainties have a negative impact on private investments. The application of inflation targeting and exchange rate stabilization policy might effectively reduce uncertainty on investments, thus supporting economic growth in the short term.
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Engle, R. F., & Granger, C. W. (1987). Co-integration and error correction: Representation, estimation, and testing. Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 55(2), 251–276. https://doi.org/10.2307/1913236
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Güney, P. Ö. (2007). Fiscal theory of exchange rate determination: empirical evidence from Turkey. Economics Bulletin, 5(7), 1–12. Retrieved from https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-07e60002
Güney, P. Ö. (2016). Does the central bank directly respond to output and inflation uncertainties in Turkey? Central Bank Review, 16(2), 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbrev.2016.05.001
Hartman, R. (1972). The effects of price and cost uncertainty on investment. Journal of Economic Theory, 5(2), 258–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(72)90105-6
Hasanov, M., & Omay, T. (2011). The relationship between inflation, output growth, and their uncertainties: Evidence from selected CEE Countries. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 47(sup3), 5–20. https://doi.org/10.2753/REE1540-496X4704S301
Iyke, B. N., & Ho, S.-Y. (2017). Exchange rate uncertainty and domestic investment in Ghana. Cogent Economics & Finance, 5(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2017.1362157
Johansen, S. (1988). Statistical analysis of cointegration vectors. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 12(2), 231–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1889(88)90041-3
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OECD. (2018). OECD economic surveys: Turkey. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-turkey.htm
Pesaran, M. H., & Shin, Y. (1999). An autoregressive distributed lag modelling approach to cointegration analysis. In S. Storm (Ed.), Econometrics and Economic Theory in the 20th Century: the Ragnar Frisch Centennial Symposium (pp. 1–31). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL521633230
Pesaran, M. H., Shin, Y., & Smith, R. J. (2001). Bounds testing approaches to the analysis of level relationships. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 16, 289–326. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.616
Pesaran, M. H., & Smith, R. P. (1998). Structural analysis of cointegrating VARs. Journal of Economic Surveys, 12(5), 471–505. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6419.00065
Pindyck, R., & Solimano, A. (1993). Economic instability and aggregate investment. In O. J. Blanchard & S. Fischer (Eds.), NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1993, Volume 8 (pp. 259–318). National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Retrieved from https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:nbr:nberch:11002
Pradhan, G., Schuster, Z., & Upadhyaya *, K. P. (2004). Exchange rate uncertainty and the level of investment in selected South-east Asian countries. Applied Economics, 36(19), 2161–2165. https://doi.org/10.1080/0003684042000282498
Redl, C. (2018). Macroeconomic uncertainty in South Africa. South African Journal of Economics, 86(3), 361–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12198
Ruzima, M., & Boachie, M. K. (2018). Exchange rate uncertainty and private investment in BRICS economies. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 2(1), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41685-017-0062-0
Saman, C. (2010). Macroeconomic uncertainty and investment – empirical analysis for Romania. Journal for Economic Forecasting, 13(2), 155–164. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rjr/romjef/vy2010i2p155-164.html
Sarkar, S. (2000). On the investment–uncertainty relationship in a real options model. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 24(2), 219–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1889(99)00005-6
Servén, L. (1999). Macroeconomic uncertainty and private investment in developing countries: An empirical investigation. The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-2035
Servén, L, & Solimano, A. (1993). Striving for growth after adjustment: The role of capital formation (No. 12530). Word Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies. Retrieved from http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/303511468739161482/pdf/multi0page.pdf
Servén, Luis. (2003). Real-exchange-rate uncertainty and private investment in LDCS. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(1), 212–218. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.2003.85.1.212
Uygur, E. (2010). The global crisis and the Turkish Economy (Turkish Economic Association Discussion Paper No. 2010/3).