Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Economics

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between imports and economic growth in the US in the long run and the short run. Quarterly data ranging from the first quarter of 1970 to the fourth quarter of 2000 are used to investigate this relationship. Cointegration tests using Johansen's (] 988) technique are used to analyze the long run relationship between imports and economic growth (measured by nominal GDP). Test results indicate that imports and economic growth are related in the long run. The short run analysis of the data is conducted within vector error correction (VEC) testing framework. VEC rest results indicate that imports have a positive causal impact on economic growth in the US in the short run. Therefore, contrary w the conventional economic view, imports have aided economic growth in the U.S. during the period under investigation.

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This article was originally published in Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics.

Journal

Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics

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