TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a review of the trade policy in the UAE. It also investigates the dynamic interaction between trade openness and GDP per capita in this emerging economy.Design/methodology/approach The asymmetric generalized impulse response functions and the asymmetric causality tests developed by Hatemi-J are used.Findings The results from asymmetric generalized impulse response functions indicate that a positive permanent shock in the trade openness results in a significant positive response in the cumulative sum of the positive component of the GDP per capita. Such a response is not found for the negative shocks in the trade openness. Furthermore, neither a positive nor a negative shock in the GPD per capita results in any significant response in the trade openness. These empirical findings are also supported by the implemented asymmetric causality tests.Originality/value This is the first attempt that investigates the impact of trade openness on economic performance in the UAE. Unlike previous literature on the topic, this paper allows for asymmetric impacts in the empirical model.
VL  - 43
IS  - 4
SN  - 0144-3585
DO  - 10.1108/JES-06-2015-0094
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-06-2015-0094
AU  - Al-Shayeb Abdulrahman
AU  - Hatemi-J Abdulnasser
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Trade openness and economic development in the UAE: an asymmetric approach
T2  - Journal of Economic Studies
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 587
EP  - 597
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -