THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA

The contribution of this paper is to investigate the impact of citrus exports on the economic growth on Tunisia since it never been treated before. In order to achieve this purpose, annual data were collected from the reports of Tunisian Central Bank for the periods between 1970 and 2016 was test...

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Main Author: Sayef Bakari
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Language:English
Published: International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
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Online Access:http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/Vol6.%20No.1.pp95.pdf
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description The contribution of this paper is to investigate the impact of citrus exports on the economic growth on Tunisia since it never been treated before. In order to achieve this purpose, annual data were collected from the reports of Tunisian Central Bank for the periods between 1970 and 2016 was tested by using co integration analysis of Error Correction Model. According to the result of the analysis, citrus exports do not influence on economic growth in the long term. However, empirical results show that there is a positive unidirectional causality from citrus exports to economic growth in the short run. These results provide evidence that citrus exports, thus, are not seen as source of economic growth in Tunisia because the miserable economic strategy. For this reason, it is very important to make new reforms and to create robustness strategies to refine investment and trade strategy in this sector, so it can support economic growth in Tunisia.
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spelling doaj.art-222eb882144c413591f478e5d5397f0f2023-02-15T16:15:36ZengInternational Journal of Food and Agricultural EconomicsInternational Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics2147-89882147-89882018-01-016195112THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIASayef Bakari0University of Tunis El Manar, TunisiaThe contribution of this paper is to investigate the impact of citrus exports on the economic growth on Tunisia since it never been treated before. In order to achieve this purpose, annual data were collected from the reports of Tunisian Central Bank for the periods between 1970 and 2016 was tested by using co integration analysis of Error Correction Model. According to the result of the analysis, citrus exports do not influence on economic growth in the long term. However, empirical results show that there is a positive unidirectional causality from citrus exports to economic growth in the short run. These results provide evidence that citrus exports, thus, are not seen as source of economic growth in Tunisia because the miserable economic strategy. For this reason, it is very important to make new reforms and to create robustness strategies to refine investment and trade strategy in this sector, so it can support economic growth in Tunisia.http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/Vol6.%20No.1.pp95.pdfcitrus exportseconomic growthcointegrationECMTunisia
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THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
citrus exports
economic growth
cointegration
ECM
Tunisia
title THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
title_full THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
title_fullStr THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
title_full_unstemmed THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
title_short THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA
title_sort impact of citrus exports on economic growth empirical analysis from tunisia
topic citrus exports
economic growth
cointegration
ECM
Tunisia
url http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/Vol6.%20No.1.pp95.pdf
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