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dc.contributor.authorNaranpanawa, Athula
dc.contributor.authorBandara, Jayatilleke
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-11T04:28:35Z
dc.date.available2018-04-11T04:28:35Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0306-8293
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJSE-06-2016-0169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/372975
dc.description.abstractPurpose – There is a large body of literature on the link between trade liberalisation, growth and poverty. However, less attention has been paid to the relationship between trade and regional disparities. The purpose of this paper is to identify and quantify the regional impacts of trade liberalisation, particularly in the war-affected regions and to understand to what extent trade reforms can contribute to the post-war recovery process and long-term economic and political stability in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – The authors developed a single country multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for the Sri Lankan economy to meet the need for a detailed country study as emphasised in the recent literature. Findings – Both short-run and long-run results suggest that all regions including war-affected regions in the country gain from trade liberalisation, although gains are uneven across regions. Furthermore, the results suggest that war-affected regions gain more relative to some other regions in the long run. Originality/value – According to the best of the authors’ knowledge within country regional impact of trade liberalisation using a multi-regional CGE model has never been attempted for Sri Lanka. The results of this study, even though based on Sri Lankan data, will be relevant to other developing countries engulfed in internal conflicts with regional economic disparities.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1710
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1726
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Social Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.titleCan trade liberalisation bring benefits to the war-affected regions and create economic stability in post-war Sri Lanka?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBandaralage, Jayatilleke
gro.griffith.authorNaranpanawa, Athula


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