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Liberalization of International Trade and Sectoral economic Growth in Tunisia: Empirical Evidence by the ARDL Approach

Abstract

Abderraouf Mtiraoui* and Najoua Talbi

The objective of this article is the empirical study between international trade and sectoral growth over the period from 1975 to 2018. Using control variables chosen during a reading of the theoretical and empirical review of the determinants of economic growth in the context of answering to the problem posed for the case of Tunisia. The liberalization of international trade can improve the competitiveness of tradable goods and services and therefore stimulate short-term sectoral growth, which will be verified in the long term while using a new technique from ARDL.