In this era of open economy, nations are concerned with increasing the quality of life of their citizens. And, the quality of life mainly comes from the macro-economic prosperity. Thus, fast growth of gross domestic Product has become the most important objective of any economy. There are...

This study seeks to validity of the export-led growth hypothesis using quarterly data from 1980 to 2005. The bounds testing approach to cointegration is employed to test the causal relationship between industrial production, exports and terms of trade. An augmented form of Granger causality...

Purpose - Migrants' remittances to Egypt have increased considerably in both size and importance over the past 40 years. This increase has made Egypt one of the top remittance recipients in the world and the leading recipient country in the Middle East. As migrant remittances are one of Egypt's...

The role of regulatory quality as one of the so-called deep determinants of growth has emerged as an important issue in economic research in the past 20 years. The positive or negative growth effects of a countryś regulatory framework are amplified by economic integration, which makes factors...

The role of regulatory quality as one of the so-called deep determinants of growth has emerged as an important issue in economic research in the past 20 years. The positive or negative growth effects of a country's regulatory framework are amplified by economic integration, which makes factors...

This paper develops a two-country dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous growth to analyze the effects of international trade on steady state growth. The two countries differ both in preferences and in technologies. We show first, that both countries cannot simultaneously experience...

Objective: The objective of the article is to examine the export-led growth hypothesis in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Research Design & Methods: This study employs annual data on output, exports, imports, and a structural dummy variable for SACU countries, namely, South Africa,...

The structural shift in India’s services export since 2003-04 may be attributed to rapid expansion in international trade and investment facilitated by an increased liberalization and the use of technology. The study aims to investigate the possible co-integration and the direction of...

Background: Banking is an important sector of Pakistan’s economy. It is general consideration that bank’s major activities saving and lending have positive impact on economic growth. So the aim of this study is to investigate this consideration and also investigate that either growth led...

The roots of newly emerging forces of globalization exist in specific economic and political development in the late 1980s and early1990s. From other regulatory measures to correct the prevailing distortions in the Indian economy, government of India introduced Structural Adjustment Programmes...