A study of the effect of changing exchange rates on trade (balance of payments) in Algeria

Abstract

This study aims to highlight the impact of exchange rate changes on trade in Algeria as an influencing variable in the balance of payments through annual data for the period (2001-2018), and trade is considered a dependent variable while exchange rates represent the dollar and the euro for the Algerian dinar as two independent variables The study concluded that there is no relationship between these two variables due to the presence of other independent variables that were not included in this model, and the short study periods. In addition to the nature of the Algerian economy which depends on one economy, which is the export of hydrocarbons (rentier economy).