Exports and Economic Growth: Cointegration and Causality Evidence for Cote d'Ivoire

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Title:	Exports and Economic Growth: Cointegration and Causality Evidence for Cote d'Ivoire
Authors:	Abdulai, Awudu Jaquet, Philippe
Year:	2002
Periodical:	African Development Review
Volume:	14
Issue:	1
Period:	June
Pages:	1-17
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire
Subjects:	economic development exports Economics and Trade
External link:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8268.00043/pdf
Abstract:	This paper examines the short- and long-run relationship between economic growth, exports, real investments and labour force for Côte d'Ivoire for the period 1961-1997, using cointegration and error correction techniques. The results indicate that there is a long-run equilibrum relationship among the four variables, and the casual relationship flows from the growth in exports to the growth in GDP both in the short and long run. This finding suggests that the recent trade reforms aimed at promoting domestic investment and restoring international competitiveness to expand and diversify exports have the potential of increasing economic growth in the future. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum in English and French.