Date of Award

2010-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Economics

Advisor(s)

Thomas Fullerton

Abstract

This study concentrates on the role of imports and the impact they have for economic growth in the country of Mexico. The investigation is conducted in a time series framework using an ordinary least square method, a vector autoregressive model, and a vector error correction model to test the trade variables of exports and imports for exogenous or endogenous induced growth. The results indicate through Granger causality tests that imports are having the significant impact for economic growth. These findings are in some ways in contradiction to previous literature that has focused on exports as being the sole engine for economic growth. This article contributes to the growing literature of endogenous growth theory with its findings of import led growth for Mexico.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

35 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Joseph Kababie

Included in

Economics Commons

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