The impact of AGOA on Export Flows from sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic system GMM analysis

Oro Oro Ufuo () and Paul Alagidede ()
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Oro Oro Ufuo: University of the Witwatersrand
Paul Alagidede: University of the Witwatersrand

No 90, ERSA Working Paper Series from Economic Research Southern Africa

Abstract: This study seeks to understand the relationship between the United States imports from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the overall exports from SSA between 1996 and 2018. It examines the drivers of that relationship drawing from the existing theories of international trade. The study found that the bilateral economic size of the US and SSA, the economic similarity index and relative factor endowment differences correlate positively with exports from SSA. Our results align with Linder’s hypothesis, gravity model on trade and H-O-S theory of international trade. We recommend policy reforms.

Keywords: Export; flows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10
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Published in ERSA Working Paper Series, October 2024

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