The aim of this article is to examine export determinants of Ethiopian coffee to 31 trade partner countries using a dynamic gravity model and system generalised moment method of estimation (GMM) for the period 1998–2016. Descriptive results showed that Ethiopia was exporting only 39% of its total coffee production, and 53.5% and 34.13% of Ethiopian coffee exports were directed to European and Asian countries, respectively, over the period 1998–2016. Regression results revealed that trade openness, population size of Ethiopia, foreign direct investment and institutional quality index of Ethiopia are positively and significantly affecting volume of Ethiopian coffee export. But population of partner countries, weighted distance, lagged export volume and real exchange rate are negatively and significantly influencing export volume of Ethiopian coffee. Hence, Ethiopia needs to diversify its export destinations and export items a way from primary agricultural exports to secondary industrial exports in order to secure dependable source of foreign currency. Also, controlling corruption, increasing government effectiveness, ensuring political stability promotion of foreign direct investment and encouraging trade liberalisation would help to boost the volume of Ethiopian coffee export. JEL Codes: F12, F13, F14
The aim of this paper was to examine export determinants of Ethiopian coffee to 31 trade partners' countries. The export determinants were examined using a dynamic gravity model and system generalized moment method of estimation from a year 1998-2016. The results of the descriptive analysis showed that Ethiopia was ranked fifth in terms of production and exports of coffee in the world and was also exporting only 39% of its total coffee production. On average, 53.5 and 34.13 percent of Ethiopian coffee exports were directed to European and Asian countries respectively over the period 1998-2016. The regression result of system generalized moment method revealed that trade openness, population size of Ethiopia, foreign direct investment and institutional quality index of Ethiopia has positively and significantly affected the volume of Ethiopian coffee export. But, population of partner countries, weighted distance, lagged export volume and real exchange rate had negatively and significantly influenced the export volume of Ethiopian coffee. Hence, Ethiopia needs to diversify its export destinations and export items a way from primary products to secondary products in order to secure dependable source of foreign currency. As well, improving the institutional quality, promotion of foreign direct investment and swelling trade liberalization would help to boost the volume of Ethiopian coffee export.Contribution/ Originality: The paper contributes the first logical analysis of the Determinants of Coffee Export of Ethiopia to Its Major 31 Trade Partners using system GMM estimator. This method allows us to obtain robust and unbiased estimates of parameters our model by accounting for the problem of heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, multicollinearity and endogeniety.
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