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Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence from Agricultural Exports in Tanzania

African Journal of Economic Review

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Title Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence from Agricultural Exports in Tanzania
 
Creator Myovella, GA
Paul, F
Rwakalaza, RT
 
Subject Agricultural exports, Economic growth, cointegration, causality and TanzaniaDodoma
 
Description This study examines the nature and direction of causality in Tanzania between economic growth and agricultural exports along with some selected variables such as labour force and domestic investment. The analysis for this study was carried out using time series data for the period of 1980 to 2013. The data series were tested for stationarity using Phillips-perron test and the results revealed that they were all stationary and integrated of order one I(1). The Johansen test of cointegration revealed that there are cointegrating vectors in the system. The Granger causality test results revealed no any support of the export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis for Tanzania. However, the growth-led exports (GLE) hypothesis for Tanzania was supported by the results of this study, implying that the government of Tanzania needs to promote growth in order to generate exports.Keywords: Agricultural exports, Economic growth, cointegration, causality and Tanzania.Dodoma
 
Publisher Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development
 
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Date 2015-07-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/119481
 
Source African Journal of Economic Review; Vol 3, No 2 (2015); 74-84
1821-8148
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/119481/108938
 
Rights The copyright belongs to: African Journal of Economic Review, Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development, The Open University of Tanzania, P.O.Box 23409, Dar es salaam, Tanzania