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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS<br />

Table 4: Diagnostic Tests<br />

Probability<br />

Normality Test<br />

(Jarque-Bera Statistic) Jarque-Bera Statistic 4.5083 0.1050<br />

Serial Correlation First-Order F-Statistic 0.0544 0.8180<br />

�<br />

(Breusch-Godfrey<br />

Serial Correlation LM<br />

Test)<br />

2 -Statistic 0.0868 0.7683<br />

Second-Order F-Statistic 0.0259 0.9744<br />

� 2 -Statistic 0.0873 0.9573<br />

Third-Order F-Statistic 0.0777 0.9712<br />

� 2 -Statistic 0.4094 0.9383<br />

ARCH Test<br />

(Autoregressive<br />

Conditional<br />

Heteroskedasticity<br />

Test)<br />

White<br />

Heteroskedasticity<br />

Test<br />

Model Specification<br />

Test<br />

(Ramsey RESET Test)<br />

Fourth-Order F-Statistic 0.2837 0.8844<br />

� 2 -Statistic 2.0025 0.7353<br />

First-Order F-Statistic 0.8832 0.3551<br />

� 2 -Statistic 0.9162 0.3385<br />

Second-Order F-Statistic 3.7147 0.0376<br />

� 2 -Statistic 6.4736 0.0393<br />

Third-Order F-Statistic 0.0777 0.9712<br />

� 2 -Statistic 0.4094 0.9383<br />

Fourth-Order F-Statistic 1.8218 0.1590<br />

� 2 -Statistic 6.7369 0.1505<br />

F-Statistic 0.6186 0.8311<br />

� 2 -Statistic 16.939 0.6569<br />

F-Statistic 0.6857 0.4174<br />

Log likelihood 1.0787 0.2990<br />

Ratio<br />

5.4 Granger Causality Based on Toda and Yamamoto Procedure<br />

JANURAY 2011<br />

VOL 2, NO 9<br />

The Granger causality between core variables (LnNYt, LnHt LnMXt, LnSMXt and<br />

LnPXt) based on Toda and Yamamoto (1995) is reported <strong>in</strong> Table 5. We found evidence <strong>of</strong><br />

co<strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g between these variables. The causality between under <strong>in</strong>vestigated variables<br />

must exist either unidirectional or bi-directional because Engle and Granger (1987) and<br />

Granger (1988) have shown that if two series are <strong>in</strong>tegrated <strong>of</strong> order 1 I(1), then Granger<br />

causality must exist at least <strong>in</strong> one direction.<br />

The optimum lag length <strong>of</strong> VAR is 2 based on AIC, FPE, HQ, and likelihood ratio<br />

criteria. However, all variables are stationary at first difference. This means that dmax = 1 <strong>in</strong><br />

our case. So, we estimate a system <strong>of</strong> VAR at levels with a total <strong>of</strong> k + dmax = 2 + 1 = 3 lags.<br />

The results <strong>in</strong> table 5 suggest that there is unidirectional causality runn<strong>in</strong>g from manufactur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

exports to net <strong>in</strong>come, net <strong>in</strong>come to human capital, semi-manufactur<strong>in</strong>g exports to human<br />

capital, semi-manufactur<strong>in</strong>g exports to primary exports and net <strong>in</strong>come to primary exports.<br />

And no evidence <strong>of</strong> bi-directional causality is found between LnNYt, LnHt LnMXt, LnSMXt and<br />

LnPXt.<br />

COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute <strong>of</strong> <strong>Interdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>Research</strong> 457

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