Finance, Trade and Economic Growth in Thirteen Asian Developing Countries
The main purpose of this study is to empirically assess the impact of financial deepening, export and investment, on economic growth in thirteen Asian developing economies. To achieve that end, the bivariate relationship between economic growth and three macroeconomic variables are tested through...
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2000
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| Summary: | The main purpose of this study is to empirically assess the impact of financial
deepening, export and investment, on economic growth in thirteen Asian developing
economies. To achieve that end, the bivariate relationship between economic growth
and three macroeconomic variables are tested through these bivariate models, namely:
finance-led, export-led and investment-led. To address the mis-specification problem
inherent in the bivariate studies, a multivariate V AR framework is then utilised to
investigate the long-run relationships among these four variables.
Annual data is used in the analysis covering the period from as early as 1950 to 1996.
The Asian countries selected included Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka.
The empirical evidence obtained from this study suggest the following: for the
bivariate studies, results from the finance-led model suggest a bi-directional
relationship between financial deepening and economic growth in South Korea,Taiwan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. For Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and
Myanmar, the evidence supported the "demand following" hypothesis. For the exportled
model, causality results on export-led growth versus growth-led export are mixed
and, in some cases, contradictory. When investment-led model is utilised, there
exhibit one-way Granger causal relationship from investment to growth for South
Korea and Thailand whereas the reverse relationship is shown in Singapore,
Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The feedback relationship is found in the case of
Taiwan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Under the multivariate V AR framework, long-run relationships between the
investigated variables are identified in a cointegrating framework, suggesting the
increasing degree of interdependence of these three macroeconomic variables with
economic growth.
Overall result has purported the significance of open economy structure, and outward looking
trade policies in stimulating the economic growth of many developing
economies. Hence, the continuation of open-door economic policies in developing
economies is warranted, and integrating these economies more closely to the
international economies. |
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