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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2007 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 23 | Page No.: 3649-3658
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3649.3658
Exports and Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia: A VAR Model Analysis
Hassan Alhajhoj

Abstract: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a developing country and is rich in natural resources. The export sector plays an important role in the economic growth of a country. Basically, economic growth of a country depends on the nature and type of relationship between exports and domestic economic growth. Modern econometric techniques such as Vector Auto-Regression (VAR), Impulse Response Function (IFR) and the Granger-causality test were applied to determine long-term relationship between exports and domestic economic growth from 1970 to 2005. It was found that the export sector of Saudi Arabia caused a significant effect on the economic growth and a positive influence on other economic activities in the long run. Also, a long-term equilibrium existed among the various macroeconomic variables such as RGDP, RC, RG, RI, RX and RM considered in the study. It is apparent that a steady state condition can be reached between exports and economic growth in Saudi Arabia.

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Hassan Alhajhoj , 2007. Exports and Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia: A VAR Model Analysis. Journal of Applied Sciences, 7: 3649-3658.

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