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Does Trade with China Have an Impact on African Countries' Growth?
Author(s) -
KummerNoormamode Sabina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
african development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-8268
pISSN - 1017-6772
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8268.12100
Subject(s) - china , economics , panel data , robustness (evolution) , international economics , international trade , econometrics , geography , biology , biochemistry , archaeology , gene
The results of growth regressions using panel data econometric models for 37 African countries from 1985 to 2012 show that trade with China has had a positive impact on African GDP, but only during the final decade of that period. They also suggest that during this period, trade with China tended to have more impact on African economies than trade with the EU. Furthermore, several robustness tests are performed and confirm these conclusions.