## Exports, Inflation, and Growth

_IMF Working Papers, September 1, 1997_

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

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### 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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