Price and Income Elasticity of Imports: The Case of Pakistan
Published By: SBP on eSS | Published Date: March, 20 , 2012The paper estimates the elasticity of Imports with respect to relative prices and income for Pakistan from 1971 to 2009. What distinguishes this paper from the earlier studies is the use of robust estimation technique of Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model utilizing the bounds test procedure. The results point to cointegration among the variables. The estimated long run elasticity of Imports with respect to relative prices and income are -0.53 and 1.22 respectively. [SBP WP No. 48]. URL:[http://www.sbp.org.pk/publications/wpapers/2012/wp48.pdf].
Author(s): Khurram Ashfaq Baluch, Syed Kalim Hyder Bukhari | Posted on: Mar 30, 2012 | Views(585) | Download (1297)