Trade Liberalisation and Export Performance in Selected Developing Countries

Amelia Santos-Paulino

Journal of Development Studies, 2002, vol. 39, issue 1, 140-164

Abstract: This article examines the impact of trade liberalisation on export growth for a sample of 22 developing economies. The research applies dynamic panel data models based on fixed-effects and generalised methods of moments (GMM) estimators. In addition, heterogeneous panels for the complete sample, as well as for different regions of the world, are estimated using a time-series/cross-section technique. The main findings are that trade liberalisation is a significant determinant of export performance, but its effect varies across continents. Export duties have a small detrimental effect on export growth, while relative price changes and world income growth have the expected signs.

Keywords: trade liberalisation; export growth; dynamic panel data; time-series/cross-section; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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