Once upon a time there was a Trump effect. Internet information and the exchange rate

Using official data (Banco de M´exico, INEGI) and large-scale information from the Internet (Google Trends, Twitter), a VAR model and Granger causality tests are used to model the behavior of the peso/dollar exchange rate. Trump’s online popularity, along with messages on Twitter regarding the relat...

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Autores: Ibarra López, Ignacio, Cortés Moreno, Jorge David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx:article/423
Acceso en línea:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/423
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Big Data
Trump
Twitter
NAFTA
Foreign exchange
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F470
C89
tipo de cambio
TLCAN
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Sumario:Using official data (Banco de M´exico, INEGI) and large-scale information from the Internet (Google Trends, Twitter), a VAR model and Granger causality tests are used to model the behavior of the peso/dollar exchange rate. Trump’s online popularity, along with messages on Twitter regarding the relationship between Mexico and the United States, generated a feeling of concern which was reflected in the exchange rate, at least in the short term. The main learning derived from these findings is that the information generated in social networks allows us to know the behavior of fundamental economic variables.