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Trade and economic growth: Is export-led growth passé?

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  • Akihiro Kubo

    (Osaka City University)

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Using relatively recent data, this paper examines the causal relation between trade and production in some Asian developing countries. We find that causality analyses provide no evidence of export-led growth. Export-oriented growth has not been the primary strategy.

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  • Akihiro Kubo, 2011. "Trade and economic growth: Is export-led growth passé?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 31(2), pages 1623-1630.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-11-00271
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    1. Javed, Zanib & Munir, Kashif, 2016. "Impact of Export Composition on Economic Growth in South Asia," MPRA Paper 71519, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Lim, Shiok Ye & Ho, Chong Mun, 2013. "Nonlinearity in ASEAN-5 export-led growth model: Empirical evidence from nonparametric approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 136-145.
    3. Sayef Bakari, 2017. "The Three-Way Linkages Between Export, Import And Economic Growth: New Evidence From Tunisia," Journal of Smart Economic Growth, , vol. 2(3), pages 13-53, December.
    4. Md Ali Emam & Markus Leibrecht & Tinggui Chen, 2021. "Fish Exports and the Growth of the Agricultural Sector: The Case of South and Southeast Asian Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-14, October.
    5. Tang, Chor Foon & Lai, Yew Wah & Ozturk, Ilhan, 2015. "How stable is the export-led growth hypothesis? Evidence from Asia's Four Little Dragons," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 229-235.
    6. You-How Go & Lin-Sea Lau & Kwang-Jing Yii & Wee-Yeap Lau, 2020. "Does energy efficiency affect economic growth? Evidence from aggregate and disaggregate levels," Energy & Environment, , vol. 31(6), pages 983-1006, September.

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    Keywords

    Export-led growth; Growth-led exports; Far Eastern and Southeast Asia;
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    JEL classification:

    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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