Statistical Measures of Export Instability With Reference To Sudan and Ethiopia
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1991-12
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Addis Abeba university
Abstract
The aim of the study is to measure the extent of export
instability for Ethiopia and the Sudan . Various statistical
methods of measur in g export instability have been investigated .
The data were collected from United Nations reports. Di re ction of
Trade Stat istics and International Financial Statistics (year book)
for the years 1960 to 1989 .
Four different statistical methods of export instability namely,
graphical , coefficient of variation, turning point test) indices
derived from re gress ion estimate of various functional form have
been applied. Also t he Box - Jenkins models have been usact.
Based on computed results " some conclusions are made . The results
suggest that the four methods showed similar and consistent results .
The overall conclusion shows that export instability during the
1980 ' s was higher than pre 1980
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Measures of Export