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The cointegration and causal relationship between export growth and economic growth is investigated for the Nordic economies. On the basis of Johansen's technique and the augmented Granger causality tests, the evidence shows that these macroeconomic aggregates are causally related in the long run for each economy. Granger causality is unidirectional, running from economic growth to export growth in Denmark, and bidirectional in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The established bidirectional causality suggests that the expansion of exports is an integral part of the economic growth process.
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Hatemi-J, A., Irandoust, M. Export performance and economic growth causality: An empirical analysis. Atlantic Economic Journal 28, 412–426 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02298394
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