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The Growth Impact of Exports in South Asian Countries

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  • Abid Hameed

    (Fatima Jinnah Women's University, Rawalpindi.)

  • Muhammad Ali Chaudhary

    (Fatima Jinnah Women's University, Rawalpindi.)

  • Kiran Younas Khan

    (IMF, Washington, D. C.)

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of exports on the economic growth of the South Asian countries. Specifically, it examines if the marginal factor productivities are different in the export and nonexport sectors, and whether the export sectors of these economies generate positive production externalities. The required analysis is based on panel data on six South Asian countries for the period 1973-2002. Following Feder (1982), we have used the fixed effects approach for necessary estimations. The results show that the level and reallocation of resources particularly in favour of the relatively more efficient export sector affect growth positively. However, externalities arising from the export sector of these countries are not found as growth-enhancing due partly to their reliance on the production of lowtech labour-intensive products. As such, the results point out that these countries can accelerate their

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  • Abid Hameed & Muhammad Ali Chaudhary & Kiran Younas Khan, 2005. "The Growth Impact of Exports in South Asian Countries," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 44(4), pages 901-9190-.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:44:y:2005:i:4:p:901-919
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    1. Fatima Subhani & Atif Yaseen & Bashir Ahemd Khan & Anees Ayyub, 2017. "Productivity and Externality Effects of Exports: An Application of FEDER Model in Pakistan and India," Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, International Research Alliance for Sustainable Development (iRASD), vol. 5(1), pages :36-60, June.
    2. Khalid Mahmood & Shehla Munir, 2018. "Agricultural exports and economic growth in Pakistan: an econometric reassessment," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(4), pages 1561-1574, July.
    3. Nazife Ozge Kilic & Murat Beser, 2017. "Relationship of Foreign Trade and Economic Growth in Eurasian Economy: Panel Data Analysis," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(9), pages 1-7, September.

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