Long-run Relationship between the Volatility of Effective Real Exchange Rate and Industrial Return Index in Tehran Stock Exchange Market (Multivariate GARCH Approach)

This paper, empirically, analyzes dynamic relationship between real effective exchange rate and industrial index in Tehran Stock Exchange market using VAR and Multivariate Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (MGARCH), by monthly time series data during 2001-2011. The results represent that there is no long-term significant relationship between effective real exchange rate and industry index. Furthermore, the paper examines the cross-volatility effects between foreign exchange and stock markets. There is a bidirectional volatility spillovers effects between two markets. This indicates that previous innovations in stock market affects on the future volatility in foreign exchange market, and vice versa.