Estimating elasticities of demand and supply for South African manufactured exports using a vector error correction model

Working paper

Elasticities of demand and supply for South African manufactured exports are estimated using a vector error correction model in order to address simultaneity and non-stationarity issues. Demand is highly price-elastic, with elasticities ranging from –3 to –6. The price elasticity of supply is generally about 1, but some estimates are as low as 0.35. Competitors’ prices and world income are important determinants of demand, but domestic capacity utilization is not an important determinant of e...

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Authors: Behar, A; Edwards, L

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Not peer reviewed
• Series: CSAE working paper series
• Place of publication: http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/workingpapers/main-wps.html
• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• Language: English
• Keywords: manufacturing; South Africa; export; demand; supply
• Subjects: Microeconomics; Industrial economics; Africa; Economics