Exports, Imports and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Tunisia
Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan, Boubaker, Houda Ben Haj, IUP Journal of Monetary Economics
The aim of this study is to investigate the export-led growth, import-led growth and foreign debt sustainability hypotheses in the case of Tunisia by using annual time series data for the period 1960-2008. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach is employed to determine the long-run relationship or direction of long-run causality between exports, imports and GDP, and the strength of causal relationship is examined by using variance decomposition method. The results indicate unidirectional causality from exports to economic growth and bidirectional relationship between imports and economic growth. Thus, both export-led growth and import-led growth are valid for Tunisia. On the other …
The rest of this article is only available to active members of Questia
Sign up now for a free, 1-day trial and receive full access to:
- Questia's entire collection
- Automatic bibliography creation
- More helpful research tools like notes, citations, and highlights
- Ad-free environment
Already a member? Log in now.
Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information:
Article title: Exports, Imports and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Tunisia.
Contributors: Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan - Author, Boubaker, Houda Ben Haj - Author.
Journal title: IUP Journal of Monetary Economics.
Volume: 9.
Issue: 1
Publication date: February 2011.
Page number: 6+.
© Not available.
Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.
This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.
One moment ...
- Georgia
- Arial
- Times New Roman
- Verdana
- Courier/monospaced
Reset