Impact of Economic, Social and Environmental Variables on Competitiveness of Automotive Industry: Evidence from Panel Data

Abdul Hannan; Faheem Haider; Nisar Ahmad; Tahira Ishaq

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Impact of Economic, Social and Environmental Variables on Competitiveness of Automotive Industry: Evidence from Panel Data

Abdul Hannan, Faheem Haider, Nisar Ahmad, Tahira Ishaq

Published in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 26 February 2015 Accepted: 13 March 2015 Published: 18 March 2015

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Abstract

The study is aimed to examine the impact of economic, social and environmental factors on the competitiveness of automotive industry. Competitiveness of industry is measured by the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Index. Fixed effect model is estimated by using the data of 14 Asian countries for the period ranging from 1991 to 2012. Results show that competitiveness of automotive industry is positively related to economic performance, human capital development, urbanization and tariff rate while negatively affected by lending rate and carbon emission both in developed and developing nations of Asia. Findings of the study suggest that external factors should be given due consideration particularly lending rate, human capital development and tariff to improve the competitiveness of automotive industry. Automotive policies in developing countries should improve their human capital and encourage foreign investors with adequate protection to local industry.

Published in	International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijebo.20150301.12
Page(s)	10-17
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Competitiveness, Automotive Industry, Economic Growth, Education

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Abdul Hannan, Faheem Haider, Nisar Ahmad, Tahira Ishaq. Impact of Economic, Social and Environmental Variables on Competitiveness of Automotive Industry: Evidence from Panel Data. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2015;3(1):10-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20150301.12

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Abdul Hannan

Atlas Honda Limited, Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Faheem Haider

Atlas Honda Limited, Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Nisar Ahmad

Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Tahira Ishaq

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Abdul Hannan, Faheem Haider, Nisar Ahmad, Tahira Ishaq. Impact of Economic, Social and Environmental Variables on Competitiveness of Automotive Industry: Evidence from Panel Data. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2015;3(1):10-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20150301.12

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