Improving Exports: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange

Dessie Tarko Ambaw, Habtamu Edjigu and Nicholas Sim

The World Economy, 2025, vol. 48, issue 5, 1156-1173

Abstract: In recent times, discussions have arisen about the potential trade benefits that agricultural commodity exchanges can bring to economies reliant on agriculture. This study employs a quasi‐natural experimental approach to investigate the tangible advantages brought about by the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) in enhancing Ethiopia's coffee trade. Utilising a triple‐differences empirical design to mitigate potential confounding factors, our research reveals a substantial increase in coffee exports resulting from the establishment of the ECX, both in terms of export volume and destinations. Importantly, our findings are not driven by placebo effects, which underscores the genuine positive impact of the ECX on Ethiopian coffee trade. From a policy perspective, our study indicates that the advantages of establishing a commodity exchange, particularly akin to the ECX, can benefit low‐income agriculturally dependent countries seeking to promote exports.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13670

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:worlde:v:48:y:2025:i:5:p:1156-1173

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=0378-5920

Access Statistics for this article

The World Economy is currently edited by David Greenaway

More articles in The World Economy from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().