Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(2):81-87 | DOI: 10.17221/99/2014-AGRICECON

Agricultural exports and economic growth: Empirical evidence from the major rice exporting countriesOriginal Paper

Hyunsoo KANG
Division of International Trade, Wonkwang University, Jeonbuk, Korea

This study investigates the evidence of the export-led growth in major rice exporting countries using the extended production model. In addition, a special attention is paid to sectoral exports, which are specified as non-agricultural, agricultural (excluding rice exports), and rice exports. The main finding of this study is that the rice exports are an important means of stimulating economic growth in major rice exporting countries.

Keywords: export-led growth, rice exports, vector error correction model, Granger causality

Published: February 28, 2015  Show citation

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KANG H. Agricultural exports and economic growth: Empirical evidence from the major rice exporting countries. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2015;61(2):81-87. doi: 10.17221/99/2014-AGRICECON.
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