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The Role of China’s Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sub-Saharan Africa: a Gravity Model Approach

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  • Khan Hameed

    (Ph.D., Scholar at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan)

  • Khan Umair

    (Ph.D., Scholar at Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan)

  • Jiang Li Jun

    (Professor at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China)

  • Khan Muhammad Asif

    (Assistant Professor, University of Kotli, Kotli, Pakistan)

  • Shah Syed Hasanat

    (Professor at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China)

Abstract

This study seeks to investigate theimpactof China’sexchange rate onthe trade balance of 41 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period from 1994 to 2016. Using an augmented gravity model, the grouped and ungrouped results of the study confirm the elasticity and absorption approaches of the trade balance. Similarly, the robustness check, by dividing the sample period into two sub-periods (2005–2016 and 1994–2004), also confirms the elasticity and absorption approaches of the trade balance.

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  • Khan Hameed & Khan Umair & Jiang Li Jun & Khan Muhammad Asif & Shah Syed Hasanat, 2019. "The Role of China’s Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sub-Saharan Africa: a Gravity Model Approach," Comparative Economic Research, Sciendo, vol. 22(4), pages 57-72, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:coecre:v:22:y:2019:i:4:p:57-72:n:4
    DOI: 10.2478/cer-2019-0032
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    Keywords

    bilateral trade; China; SSA;
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    JEL classification:

    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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