Economics Department Working Paper Series
Working Paper Number
2011-29
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Many developing countries have attempted to pursue the East Asian growth model in recent decades. This model is widely perceived to have been based on export-led growth. Given that developed countries are likely to grow at a slower rate and be less willing to run trade deficits in the post financial crisis world, can this growth model be sustained? Using panel data for Asian countries, this paper contributes to addressing this question by distinguishing between different kinds of export- and tradable-led growth in order to more precisely identify the nature of growth in the pre-crisis decades. We find in particular that, among our variables of interest, the proportion of a countrys manufactured exports that is destined for industrialized countries is the one most robustly associated with output growth. The results have implications for continued post-crisis growth in Asian developing countries.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/3317890
Recommended Citation
Hernandez, Gonzalo and Razmi, Arslan, "Can Asia Sustain an Export-Led Growth Strategy in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis? An Empirical Exploration" (2011). Economics Department Working Paper Series. 137.
https://doi.org/10.7275/3317890