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Research shows that exports boost Israel's economic growth
By: israelinsider staff   
Published: January 9, 2007   
 
Research performed by Salem Abu Za'id of the Bank of Israel Research Department examines the link between the development of exports on the one hand and GDP (gross domestic product) and total factor productivity on the other.

Exports were found to provide a major impetus to Israel's economic growth. The author found that there was a long-term causal relationship between the rise in exports and that in GDP in the period from 1960 to 2004.

It can thus be determined that the rise in exports constitutes one of the most significant causes of Israel's GDP growth.


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