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Export-Led Growth In Southern Africa, Ramona Sinoha-Lopete
Export-Led Growth In Southern Africa, Ramona Sinoha-Lopete
LSU Master's Theses
The objective of this thesis was to examine the validity of the Export-Led Growth (ELG) hypothesis in nine Southern African countries using annual data for the period 1980-2002. The thesis used time series econometric techniques to test for the causal linkage between exports and economic growth in Southern Africa. Dynamic econometric models were estimated to test for time series properties: unit root (ADF and PP tests), cointegration (Johansen’s procedure), and Granger-causality (Likelihood Ratio test-LR). The results of the unit root tests show that most of the series are stationary in first differences (series in levels have unit root—I(1)). Co-integration and …
The Potential Impact Of Trade Policy Changes On Caribbean Sugar, Delroy Anthony Armstrong
The Potential Impact Of Trade Policy Changes On Caribbean Sugar, Delroy Anthony Armstrong
LSU Master's Theses
This study of the Caribbean Sugar Industry summarizes its sugar trading activities and evaluates the potential impact of changes in preferential trading arrangements with the European Union (EU) on the six countries that makes up the Sugar Association of the Caribbean, namely: Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, St. Kitts-Nevis, and Trinidad & Tobago. The trading policies that govern sugar trade between these countries and developed countries such as the EU, the United States of America (US) and to a limited extent trade among them is discussed. The report briefly describes how the Caribbean sugar industry is organized, including supply and demand …