The Impact of Citrus Exports on Economic Growth: Empirical Analysis from Tunisia

Sayef Bakari

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Abstract: The contribution of this paper is investigating the impact of citrus exports on 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 have not any 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 on evidence that citrus exports, thus, are not seen as source of economic growth in Tunisia and suffer a lot of problems and poor 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 Tunisian economic flourishing.

Keywords: Citrus Exports; Economic Growth; Cointegration; ECM; Tunisia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 F13 F14 O47 O55 Q1 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10
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Journal Article: THE IMPACT OF CITRUS EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FROM TUNISIA (2018)
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