Theory of export-led growth: an empirical evaluation for Brazil

Among the various theories of growth, the export-led growth theory emphasizes the importance of exports on the level of development and productivity in an economy, as a result of generating economies of scale and greater efficiency. The analysis of the influence of exports on the level of productivi...

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Autores: Oliveira, Pedro Henrique Alves de, Maciel, Leandro dos Santos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Economia e Sociedade
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8668814
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/ecos/article/view/8668814
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Exports
Productivity
Cointegration
Export-led growth
VECM models
Exportações
Produtividade
Cointegração
Export led-growth
Modelos VECM
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Sumario:Among the various theories of growth, the export-led growth theory emphasizes the importance of exports on the level of development and productivity in an economy, as a result of generating economies of scale and greater efficiency. The analysis of the influence of exports on the level of productivity in Brazil is shown to be of fundamental importance, since conclusions about this relationship can prove to be useful for the formulation of public policies. This work empirically analyzed the impact of exports on productivity in the manufacturing industry in Brazil during the period 2002-2019. Based on time series techniques, the results showed that exports and productivity have a common long-term relationship. Furthermore, considering the estimates of an autoregressive vector model with error correction, there was evidence of the influence of exports on productivity, i.e., confirming the theory of export-led growth.