Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Indra Nurcahyo Sjarif
Author-Name-First: Indra
Author-Name-Last: Sjarif
Author-Email: indra@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Author-Name: Koji Kotani
Author-Name-First: Koji
Author-Name-Last: Kotani
Author-Email: kkotani@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Author-Name: Ching-Yang Lin
Author-Name-First: Ching-Yang
Author-Name-Last: Lin
Author-Email: clin@iuj.ac.jp
Author-Workplace-Name: International University of Japan
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/
Title: Exports and economic growth in Indonesia's fishery sub-sector: Cointegration and error-correction models
Abstract: This paper investigates the causal relationship between fishery's exports and its economic growth in Indonesia by utilizing cointegration and error-correction models. Using annual data from 1969 to 2005, we find the evidence that there exist the long-run relationship as well as bi-directional causality between exports and economic growth in Indonesia's fishery sub-sector. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first research that examine this issue focusing on a natural resource based industry, and the results shed light on the role of agriculture sector for economic growth in the developing countries.
Classification-JEL: Q57, Q58
Length: 14 pages
Creation-Date: 2011-06
Number: EMS_2011_16
File-URL: https://www.iuj.ac.jp/workingpapers/index.cfm?File=EMS_2011_16.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2011
File-Size: 434KB
Keywords: export growth, economic growth, shery sub-sector, cointegration, error-correction models
Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:EMS_2011_16