Aviation Demand as Covariate of Economic Growth in Bangladesh: Cointegration Estimation and Causality Analysis

Bilal Mehmood (), Zahid Irshad Younas and Amna Shahid

International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research (IJEER), 2014, vol. 2, issue 8, 301-307

Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to empirically examine the aviation-led growth hypothesis for Bangladesh by testing causality between aviation and economic growth. We resort to econometric tests such as unit root tests and test of cointegration purposed by Johansen (1988). Fully Modified OLS, Dynamic OLS and Conical Cointegration Regression are used to estimate the cointegration equation for time span of 1973 to 2012. Empirical results reveal the existence of relationship between aviation demand and economic growth. Graphic methods such as Cholesky Impulse Response function (both accumulated and non-accumulated) and variance decomposition have also been applied to render the analysis rigorous. The positive contribution of aviation demand to economic growth is similar in all three estimation techniques of cointegration equation. Finally Granger causality test is also applied to find the direction of causal relationship. Findings help in lime-lighting the importance of aviation industry in economic growth for a developing country like Bangladesh.

Keywords: Aviation; Economic Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 L93 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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