This paper develops a general equilibrium model of North-South trade with different wage setting regimes and a nontradeables sector. Simulations confirm that substantial gains from trade openness can be accompanied by a significant deterioration in the position of unskilled Northern workers....

Written by leading international thinkers on the subject, 'The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Policy' pulls together different perspectives and schools of thought from neo-classical to structuralist development economics to discuss and highlight the adaptation of industrial policy in an...

Using panel data, we find evidence for significant direct and indirect effects of trade on carbon emissions. Trade tends to increase the emissions burden, especially in those less industrialized countries. We also find evidence for a U-shaped relationship between income per capita and carbon...

Conventional explanations of rapid growth in East Asia have focused on the efficient allocation of resources resulting from market-led outward-oriented strategies. This study challenges that approach. East Asian success has centred around the accumulation dynamic both because of its direct...