This paper estimates an import demand model for Fiji using the recently developed bounds testing approach to cointegration for the period 1972 to 1999. To estimate the long-run elasticities, we use three approaches: the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, the dynamic ordinary least...

Research is devoted to the analysis of import demand function in Russia. On the basis of the proposed methodology the author estimates econometric model for a full range of imported goods in the last decade (2000-2010). Product groups are ranked by the impact of customs duties and the real...

China recently has been through a quick economic development, in which its GDP went up and has influenced people's lives. This paper is written to present the income elasticity of growing GDP and people's purchasing power on imported cars which is due to their incomes. As well as the demand...

Correct estimates of import demand elasticities are essential for measuring the gains from trade and predicting the impact of trade policies. We show that estimates of import demand elasticities hinge critically on whether they are derived using trade quantities or trade values, and this...

During the past decade China has emerged as South Africa's largest trade partner. In an effort to understand this important and remarkable trend, we estimate South Africa's import demand function with China over the period 1993-2012. Specifying an error-correction model, we use the bounds...

The recent global economic crisis which originated in the global North but quickly spread to the global South has raised questions about the desirability and viability of export regimes primarily orientated towards the markets of high-income countries. The experience of crisis and contagion made...

This study examined the comparative advantage of twenty major product categories exported between Nigeria and Brazil using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index, and measures the extent to which Nigeria's export supply match with Brazil's import demand using trade complementarity index...