Economic integration, Trade Facilitation and Agricultural Exports Performance in ECOWAS Sub-Region
Agriculture is the backbone of ECOWAS economies. General method of moments (GMM) was used with instrumental variable (IV) estimation on a dynamic model with panel data from 15 ECOWAS members to analyze how trade facilitation – and regional economic integration more generally – affected intra-regional agricultural exports. To check robustness, a static model with fixed effects was also...
Published at Book Chapter: Regional Integration and Trade in Africa
Volume ISBN: 9781137462053
Pages Chapter 2
Published in 2014
Wumi K. Olayiwola, Evans S. Osabuohien, Henry Okodua, & Oluyomi A. Ola-David