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An empirical analysis of African trade blocs effects on the global economy: new evidence from the gravity model

OLAYUNGBO. David Oluseun · Badar Alam IQBAL
2021 Journal Article

Abstract

This study employs the gravity model to estimate the extent of the contribution of six African trade blocs to the global economy using the gravity model spanning from 1980 to 2018. The gravity equation that models the export contributions of the six selected African RECs to the global export is estimated. The estimated gravity model reveals that the long run estimations show that the coefficient estimate for SACU and ECCAS are insignificant in the long run while SACU, EAC and ECCAS as RECs, have insignificant contribution to export in the short run.

Keywords

African trade blocs COMESA EAC ECCAS ECOWAS Gravity Model SACU SADC Tariff

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