Abstract: The goal of this paper is to analyze the role of exports on the economic growth in Jordan. To this end the research employed the Johansen procedure to identify the long run relationships among the proposed variables, as well as, the innovation accounts to analyze the short run dynamics. Annual data for the years 70-97 were used. The results indicate that economic growth in Jordan is cointegrated with the explanatory variables namely real exports, real capital and the size of labor force moreover, the short run dynamics show that real exports are the major factor affecting economic growth in the short run. In general our results are consistent with most empirical studies.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-06-06
Language: en
Type: article
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