Investigating the Causal Relationship between Primary Commodities Exports and Economic Growth in Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorSimon, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSheefeni, Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-23T11:56:47Z
dc.date.available2021-07-23T11:56:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the causal relationship between primary commodities exports and economic growth in Namibia using quarterly data for the period 1998 to 2014. Time-series econometric techniques such as unit root, cointegration as well as Granger-causality test within the vector auto-regression framework has been used. The results of the unit root test showed that the variables are integrated of order one. Furthermore, the results of the Johansen cointegration test revealed that no cointegration exists among the variable, suggesting that there is no long-run relationship. Finally, the results of the Granger-causality test showed that primary commodities exports do Granger-cause economic growth but economic growth does not Granger-cause primary commodities exports. This suggests that there is a unidirectional causality running from primary commodities export to economic growth in the Namibian context.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSimon, R & Sheefeni, J.P.S. (2016). Investigating the Causal Relationship between Primary Commodities Exports and Economic Growth in Namibia. An Online International Research Journal, 2(2), pp. 797-807en_US
dc.identifier.issn2311-3200
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6462
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectPrimary commodities exportsen_US
dc.subjecteconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectunit rooten_US
dc.subjectcointegrationen_US
dc.subjectGranger causality testen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Causal Relationship between Primary Commodities Exports and Economic Growth in Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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