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  "title": "Exports, Inflation, and Growth",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, September 1, 1997",
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  "summary": "This paper identifies some of the main determinants of exports and economic growth in cross-sectional data from the World Bank, covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994.",
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      "heading": "Study scope and methodology",
      "content": "- Cross-sectional data from the World Bank covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994.\n- Statistical analysis of:\n  - Linkages between the propensity to export and: population, per capita income, agriculture, primary exports, and inflation.\n  - Relationship between economic growth and selected determinants of exports and investment, using the same statistical methods."
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      "content": "- 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.\n- Determinants examined for their relationship with export propensity:\n  - Population\n  - Per capita income\n  - Agriculture\n  - Primary exports\n  - Inflation\n- Determinants examined for their relationship with economic growth:\n  - Some of the above-mentioned determinants of exports\n  - Investment"
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      "heading": "Subject areas and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Exports, Inflation, International trade, National accounts, Personal income, Prices, Public expenditure review\n- 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\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Exports, Inflation, and Growth - WP/97/119\n  - Exports, Inflation, and Growth - WP/97/119 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Exports, Inflation, and Growth - WP/97/119 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/exports-inflation-and-growth-2337"
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    "Authors: Thorvaldur Gylfason",
    "Published: September 1, 1997",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451854138.001",
    "Cross-sectional data from the World Bank covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994.",
    "Statistical analysis of:",
    "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:",
    "Determinants examined for their relationship with economic growth:",
    "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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