2017
DOI: 10.22606/jaef.2017.23002
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Export Commodity Prices and Long-Run Growth of African Economies

Abstract: Abstract. Government revenue in most African countries is based on export proceeds from few primary commodities. This limits their ability to manoeuvre in case of negative exogenous price shocks, with undesired effects on economic growth. This study, therefore, investigates the effect of primary commodity prices on long-run growth of 24 primary commodity-based African economies between 1980 and 2015. A neoclassical growth model, complimented with Keynesian national income identity, was estimated with Pooled Me… Show more

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