Exports, Inflation, and Growth

IMF Working Papers, September 1, 1997

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• Authors: Thorvaldur Gylfason
• Published: September 1, 1997
• Series: IMF Working Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451854138.001

Study scope and methodology

• Cross-sectional data from the World Bank covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994.
• Statistical analysis of:
  • Linkages between the propensity to export and: population, per capita income, agriculture, primary exports, and inflation.
  • Relationship between economic growth and selected determinants of exports and investment, using the same statistical methods.

Key findings

• The main conclusion: in the period under review, high inflation and an abundance of natural resources tended to be associated with low exports and slow growth.
• Determinants examined for their relationship with export propensity:
  • Population
  • Per capita income
  • Agriculture
  • Primary exports
  • Inflation
• Determinants examined for their relationship with economic growth:
  • Some of the above-mentioned determinants of exports
  • Investment

Subject areas and keywords

• Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Exports, Inflation, International trade, National accounts, Personal income, Prices, Public expenditure review
• Keywords: Agricultural sector, East Asia, Economic Growth, export differential, export ratio, Exports, high-inflation country, Inflation, medium-inflation country, merchandise export, Natural Resources, Personal income, primary export, Public expenditure review, rate of growth, South Asia, Trade, WP

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