The Role of China’s Exchange Rate on the Trade Balance of Sub‑Saharan Africa: a Gravity Model Approach

• Authors: Hameed Khan , Umair Khan , Li Jun Jiang , Muhammad Asif Khan , Syed Hasanat Shah

Title variants

Rola kursu walutowego Chin w bilansie handlowym państw Afryki Subsaharyjskiej: zastosowanie modelu grawitacyjnego

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study seeks to investigate theimpactof China’sexchange rate onthe trade balance of 41 Sub‑aharan African countries for the period from 1994 to 2016. Using an augmented gravity model, the grouped and ungrouped results of the study confirm the elasticity and absorption approaches of the trade balance. Similarly, the robustness check, by dividing the sample period into two sub‑eriods (2005–016 and 1994–004), also confirms the elasticity and absorption approaches of the trade balance.

PL

Niniejsze opracowanie prezentuje rezultaty badania wpływu kursu walutowego Chin na bilans handlowy 41 państw Afryki Subsaharyjskiej w latach 1994–2016. Przy zastosowaniu rozszerzonego modelu grawitacyjnego, pogrupowane i niepogrupowane wyniki badania potwierdzają słuszność podejścia elastycznościowego i absorpcyjnego do bilansu handlowego. Podobnie test wrażliwości, dokonany poprzez podział analizowanego okresu na dwa podokresy (2005–2016 i 1994–2004), potwierdza słuszność podejścia elastycznościowego i absorpcyjnego do bilansu handlowego.

Keywords

EN

bilateral trade; China; SSA

PL

handel dwustronny; Chiny; ASS; handel dwustronny; Chiny; ASS

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 57-72

Dates

published

2019-12-30

Contributors

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Hameed Khan

• Ph.D., Scholar at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China; Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan

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Umair Khan

• Ph.D., Scholar at Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan

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Li Jun Jiang

• Professor at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Muhammad Asif Khan

• Assistant Professor, University of Kotli, Kotli, Pakistan

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Syed Hasanat Shah

• Professor at School of Economics, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/cer-2019-0032