... panel unit root tests as well as panel cointegration tests. Research limitations/implications – The findings have important macroeconomic policies implication for ASEAN-5 countries that these policies had been effective in leading exports and imports to long-run steady-state equilibrium...

...Faridul Islam; Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye; Muhammad Shahbaz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between import and economic growth for 62 countries. Design/methodology/approach The paper applies autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for long‐run relation...

...Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the export‐led growth, growth‐led export, import‐led growth, growth‐led import and foreign deficit sustainability hypothesis in the case of China, using annual time series data from 1978‐2009. Design/methodology...

.... Design/methodology/approach This paper tests this condition for the trade between Sri Lanka and China in two steps. First, it investigates the exchange rate movements on Sri Lanka's aggregate exports and imports between China using selected variables such as the real bilateral exchange rate change...

...Yuhua Song; Feng Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study China's strategy of purchasing resource commodities in international markets, what the Chinese government can do to change the current disorderly import system and how China can build purchase alliances to win in international...

...Xiaoling Hu; Hua Ping; Charlene Xie; Xiaoju Hu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate China's import‐demand function for steel products within the context of globalisation. Design/methodology/approach The research used the monthly data for the period 1996‐2004 and a cointegration...