The Impact of Vegetables Exports on Economic Growth in Tunisia

Sayef Bakari

Economic Research Guardian, 2017, vol. 7, issue 2, 72-87

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the long run term and the short run term impacts of vegetables exports on economic growth of Tunisia. In order, to achieve this purpose, annual data were collected from the reports of World Bank for the periods between 1970 and 2015, was tested by using Correlation Analysis, Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and Phillip-Perron (PP) stationary test, co integration analysis of Vector Error Correction Model. According to the result of the analysis, vegetables exports have a positive effect on economic growth in the long run term and in the short run term. These results provide on evidence that vegetables exports, thus, are seen as source of economic growth in Tunisia. For this reason, it is very important to refine investment in this sector.

Keywords: Vegetables exports; Economic growth; Cointegration; VECM; Tunisia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 F14 O47 O55 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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