critical contemporary issues without the ammunitions of a more complex neo-classical system. Trade pampers inequality all … across the globe independent of trade patterns. It is likely to increase growth rate but that rate declines over time …

This paper revisits the relationship between international trade and economic growth. We measure trade openness indices … in explaining growth gains from trade. Using sectoral level data from WORLD KLEMS Database on industrial productivity and … output and global input output tables to construct the measures of trade openness, our empirical analysis covering 21 …