Determinants and efficiency of Pakistan’s chemical products’ exports: An application of stochastic frontier gravity model

Atif, Rao Muhammad; Mahmood, Haider; Liu, Haiyun; Mao, Haiou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217210

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“…9 High tariff rates reduce competitiveness of industrial firms that rely on imported goods and raise consumer costs. This result is consistent with previous work (Atif et al 2019;Hassan 2017). High inflation leads to high costs due to high input and production costs, and deters export volume.…”

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Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports

Misati¹,

Ngoka²

2021

WIDER Working Paper

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This study sought to examine the main constraints to manufacturing export competitiveness in Tanzania. Using panel data for the period 1997–2018, the study established that supply-side factors dominate demand-side factors in explaining manufacturing export competitiveness. Specifically, the results revealed that foreign direct investment and tariffs have a negative and significant effect on export competitiveness in Tanzania, while infrastructure, total investment, labour productivity, and high institutional quality enhance manufactured exports. The study also showed scope for quality upgrading through technology diffusion as well as deeper integration of Tanzania’s nascent global value chains by building on existing competencies and negotiating deep trade agreements to increase market reach. Accordingly, measures to increase investment in infrastructure, strengthen institutional frameworks, and further develop human capital can boost export competitiveness in Tanzania. In addition, export competitiveness can be enhanced through reduction of tariffs and incentives to use cheaper value-adding intermediate inputs.

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“…High tariffs of importing partners on manufacturing products obstructs export flows as they increase export costs (Araujo and Flaig 2017;Atif et al 2019;Hassan 2017). Similarly, increased inflation tends to hamper the expansion of exports and to retard their diversification (Lovasy 1962).…”

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Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports

Misati¹,

Ngoka²

2021

WIDER Working Paper

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“…According to the empirical estimates of the parameter (GDP), the positive and significant estimates for GDP it .GDP jt indicate that countries with high-income levels traded more. This result is in line with the economic theory and most prior studies on gravity equations [37,[66][67][68]. The coefficients of this variable are 1.06 and 0.89 from SFGM and PPML respectively.…”

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Examining the determinants and efficiency of China’s agricultural exports using a stochastic frontier gravity model

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This paper aims to examine the key determinants and efficiency of China’s agricultural exports with its 114 importing countries by applying the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) on an augmented gravity model for the period of 2000–2019. The Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) and the fixed effect models were also estimated simultaneously to confirm the robustness of our findings. The results reveal that China’s economic size (GDP) and its importing countries, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), common border, and the Chinese language positively determine China’s agricultural export flows. The results, on the other hand, also reveal that China’s agricultural export is adversely influenced by the income (per capita GDP) of China and its trade partners, currency depreciation, distance, and landlocked. On an average account, China has untapped the potential of 51% in its agriculture export with the countries used in this study. We provide policy suggestions as part of our study.

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“…A good number of studies were conducted to find out the determinants of exports for product or commodity-specific trade such as Pakistan’s agricultural and chemical products (Atif, Haiyun, & Mahmood, 2017; Atif, Mahmood, Haiyun, & Mao, 2019), China’s animal meats (Shahriar, Qian, & Kea, 2019), honey (Wei, Huang, & Yang, 2012) and US movie (Holloway, 2013). Table 1 presents a summary of the previous studies.…”

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Determinants of Exports: A Gravity Model Analysis of the Bangladeshi Textile and Clothing Industries

Rahman

Shahriar

Kea

2019

FIIB Business Review

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The purpose of this study is to find out the determinants and issues influencing Bangladeshi textile and clothing (T&C) exports. A unique data set has been generated and used to estimate the panel gravity model of Bangladeshi T&C export flows to a total of its 40 trade partners over a period of 27 years, spanning from 1990 to 2017. The results show that the gross domestic product (GDP), real exchange rate and per capita GDP of the importers have appeared to be major determinants of Bangladesh’s textile exports trade. Also, Bangladesh and World Trade Organization membership have a strong positive significant impact on T&C exports. The geographical distance has no strong significant effect on textile trading. It is found that European Union and North American Free Trade Agreement countries are the two important export destinations for the garments of Bangladesh. This study is a novel and significant contribution for a couple of reasons: First, Bangladesh’s major trading partners are covered in this study sample. Second, the article’s focus on the gravity panel data analysis fills up a major research gap on the determinants of exports of the Bangladeshi garments. This study will thus pave the new avenues for further research in future.

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Determinants and efficiency of Pakistan’s chemical products’ exports: An application of stochastic frontier gravity model

Cited by 19 publications

References 37 publications

Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports

Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports

Examining the determinants and efficiency of China’s agricultural exports using a stochastic frontier gravity model

Determinants of Exports: A Gravity Model Analysis of the Bangladeshi Textile and Clothing Industries

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