مجلة دراسات الإنسان و المجتمع

This paper aims to investigate the determinants of economic growth in Libya during the period of 1984 – 2020 using Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL). The results of the Bounds test demonstrated a long-run cointegration relationship between economic growth and exports, imports, population, exchange rate stability, and institutional quality. More so, the results of the Unrestricted Error Correction Model found that all the investigated variables are key determinants of the economic growth in the long run. Specifically, exports, population, and exchange rate stability all have a positive and significant effect on economic growth, while imports and institutional quality both have negative and significant effects on economic growth. In the short run, exports, imports, and exchange rate stability have the same effect as in the long run; however, population and institutional quality have insignificant effects. Key words: economic growth, ARDL model, exports, imports, population, exchange rate stability, institutions quality.