Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach

AbstractThe main aim of this study was to examine the effect of financial development on Ethiopia’s export diversification by applying annual time series data from the period 1980 to 2019. An ARDL estimation technique was employed. In the short run financial development, external debt, and real gros...

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Main Authors: Teshager Mazengia, Misikir Bezabih, Fasika Chekol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2163079
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description AbstractThe main aim of this study was to examine the effect of financial development on Ethiopia’s export diversification by applying annual time series data from the period 1980 to 2019. An ARDL estimation technique was employed. In the short run financial development, external debt, and real gross domestic product have a positive significant effect on export diversification. The coefficient of the error correction model is −0.7168 or 71.68% and it is statistically significant that a deviation from long-run equilibrium is not persistent rather it adjusts towards equilibrium at a speed of 71.68% per year. In the long run financial development, trade liberalization, external debt, and real gross domestic product have a positive significant effect on export performance and the bound test confirms the presence of long-run co-integration between variables. It is recommended that government and the national bank of Ethiopia can adjust both saving and lending interest rate policies, providing sufficient loan to export industries that diversify and shifts towards the export of manufactured goods would be indispensable, keeping track of international exchange rate adjustment, liberalization of external trade is crucial and the government of Ethiopia should allocate the borrowed money into high return investment and import substitute goods.
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spelling doaj.art-6b1ec32eb1644adebcd0a2cdc52c4e142023-10-17T10:51:06ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Economics & Finance2332-20392023-12-0111110.1080/23322039.2022.2163079Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approachTeshager Mazengia0Misikir Bezabih1Fasika Chekol2Department of Economics, Debre Berhan University, Debre Birhan EthiopiaComercial Bank of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of economics, Debre Markos University, Debre Mark’os EthiopiaAbstractThe main aim of this study was to examine the effect of financial development on Ethiopia’s export diversification by applying annual time series data from the period 1980 to 2019. An ARDL estimation technique was employed. In the short run financial development, external debt, and real gross domestic product have a positive significant effect on export diversification. The coefficient of the error correction model is −0.7168 or 71.68% and it is statistically significant that a deviation from long-run equilibrium is not persistent rather it adjusts towards equilibrium at a speed of 71.68% per year. In the long run financial development, trade liberalization, external debt, and real gross domestic product have a positive significant effect on export performance and the bound test confirms the presence of long-run co-integration between variables. It is recommended that government and the national bank of Ethiopia can adjust both saving and lending interest rate policies, providing sufficient loan to export industries that diversify and shifts towards the export of manufactured goods would be indispensable, keeping track of international exchange rate adjustment, liberalization of external trade is crucial and the government of Ethiopia should allocate the borrowed money into high return investment and import substitute goods.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2163079export diversificationfinancial developmentARDLEthiopia
spellingShingle Teshager Mazengia
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Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
Cogent Economics & Finance
export diversification
financial development
ARDL
Ethiopia
title Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
title_full Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
title_fullStr Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
title_full_unstemmed Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
title_short Financial development and export diversification in Ethiopia: ARDL approach
title_sort financial development and export diversification in ethiopia ardl approach
topic export diversification
financial development
ARDL
Ethiopia
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2163079
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