Export-led growth hypothesis: a meta-analysis

B. Seetanah () and J. Jugessur
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B. Seetanah: University of Mauritius, Mauritius Author—Name: R. V. Sannassee
J. Jugessur: University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Journal of Developing Areas, 2014, vol. 48, issue 1, 361-385

Abstract: There is a generally held belief that an expansion of the exports sector in a country would usually lead to an improved economic growth. However, a survey of the literature indicates that a great variety of techniques, data sets and country groups have been employed in empirical assessments of the export-led growth hypothesis, with an equally broad variety of results. In this regard, the essence of the present study is to determine what factors impact on the export-growth relationship using a study of 82 studies which yields 447 observations. Results from the counting analysis and the meta-regression analysis show that economies with a low development level benefit less from exports as a driver of economic growth.

Keywords: Export-expansion hypothesis; economic growth; meta-analysis; counting methodology; effect size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F10 F43 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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