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Economic Development and Structural Breaks: An Application of the Lee and Strazicich(2003) Lagrange Multiplier Test to the Libyan Economy, 1970-2007

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  • Issa ALI
  • Reetu VERMA

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The paper discusses the evolution of economic development whilst examining the time series properties with two structural breaks for the Libyan economy using annual time series from 1970 to 2007. Both the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and the Lee and Strazicich (2003) unit root tests are used to determine the time series properties of the data. The ADF results are not able to reject the null of unit root for all of the 14 macroeconomic variables. On the other hand, the results of Lee and Strazicich (2003) test with two endogenously determined structural breaks indicate the non-rejection of unit root null of only eight variables. The structural break dates correspond to the major economic events in the Libyan economy such as oil shocks, changing of economic regime, the UN sanctions and lifting of the UN sanctions and USA trade embargo.

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  • Issa ALI & Reetu VERMA, 2012. "Economic Development and Structural Breaks: An Application of the Lee and Strazicich(2003) Lagrange Multiplier Test to the Libyan Economy, 1970-2007," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 12(1).
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    Keywords

    Economic development; unit root hypothesis; structural breaks; and Libyan economy.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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