期刊名称：Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics
电子版ISSN：2006-9774
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：80-86
DOI：10.5897/JDAE2016.0800
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：This paper analysed the determinants of Malawi’s cotton exports, given the challenges faced by main traditional export crop which has rekindled interest in the development of cotton as a key export crop. The gravity model of trade was estimated following the Helpman, Melitz and Rubinsten (2008) framework. Using a balanced panel data, with the set of 36 countries that Malawi has exported cotton to for 13 years (2001 to 2013), the model was estimated to find the determinants of the extensive and intensive margins of Malawi’s cotton exports. It was found that Malawi’s GDP per capita, price, exchange rate, production index, similarity in continent and eligibility for African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) significantly affected the extensive margin of Malawi’s cotton trade. It was also found that the per capita GDP, distance with trading partners and the exchange rate affected intensive margins of Malawi’s cotton exports.
