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Export and GDP Growth in Lithuania: Short-run or Middle-run Causality?

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  • Irina Travkina

    (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), Lithuania)

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The research paper discusses the relationship between international trade, especially export, and the economic growth, presented by GDP, in Lithuania over the period of 2000-2015 years. The analysis is started by the historical review of possible types of relationships between exports and economic growth. Furthermore, the paper presents four theoretical propositions as export-led growth (1), growth-driven export (2), a feedback relationship (3) and simple contemporaneous relationship (4). This study examines the importance of the export-led growth hypothesis for Lithuania. The testing is based on Granger causality in the export–GDP system. The export-led growth hypothesis is found in Lithuania only in the short-run. The recommendations for future investigations are developed at the end of research paper’s parts.

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  • Irina Travkina, 2015. "Export and GDP Growth in Lithuania: Short-run or Middle-run Causality?," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 3(1), pages 74-84, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ssi:jouesi:v:3:y:2015:i:1:p:74-84
    DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2015.3.1(7)
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    Keywords

    Granger causality; exogeneity; Lithuanian export; economic growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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