This paper investigates import demand in East Asia. Estimating exchange rate elasticities for countries in the region is difficult because many imports are used to produce goods for re-export. An exchange rate appreciation that reduces East Asian exports will also reduce the demand for imported...

Trade elasticities are often needed in applied country work for various purposes and this paper describes a method for estimating import demand and export supply elasticities withoutusing econometrics. The paper reports empirical estimates of these elasticities for a large number of low, middle,...

This paper investigates Jamaica's aggregate import demand function with the United States and the United Kingdom from January 1996 to September 2010 using co-integration analysis and error correction modeling techniques. Using real gross domestic product, relative price of imports, real foreign...

In this paper we ascertain South Africa's aggregate import demand function over the period 1950 to 2008 utilizing the bounds testing approach to cointegration, and the unrestricted error-correction model. Our study empirically investigates the impact of apartheid (1950-1994), in particular the...

Исследование посвящено анализу формирования функции спроса на импорт в России. На основе предложенной методологии оценена эконометрическая модель для полного...