Yasmine Kamal Mohamed <br/><br/>
Determinants of export diversification :   An empirical application on the Egyptian economy /  
 محددات تنويع الصادرات :   دراسة تطبيقية على الاقتصاد المصرى 
Yasmine Kamal Mohamed ; Supervised Omneia Amin Helmy , Hala Mohamed Sakr 
 - Cairo :   Yasmine Kamal Mohamed ,   2015 
 - 164 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics 
<br/><br/> The study aims primarily at investigating the determinants of export diversification in Egypt. It starts with exploring why export diversification matters by finding out the different channels through which it can affect economic growth. Then it explains its determinants according to theoretical literature and empirical studies. Applying time series econometric techniques of co-integration, VECM and VAR over the period 1974-2010 indicates that the long run determinants of export diversification in Egypt are domestic investment, FDI and trade openness, where domestic investment and FDI increase export diversification and trade openness increases concentration. The short run determinants include FDI and real exchange rate, where both of them increase export concentration in the short run. Relevant policy recommendations are then drawn 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Export diversification Horizontal diversification Vertical diversification