. Service trade, however, like goods trade, is subject to strong distance effects, implying that the remote supply of services … large sample of countries and different categories of service trade. We find that distance costs are high but are declining …

It is generally assumed that distance in the gravity model strictly reflects frictions impeding bilateral trade … trade. This paper investigates the hypothesis that if we control for distance in the ordinary sense, differences North … influence of distance that has been occurring since World War II. This last hypothesis receives confirmation as well. Finally …

How much of China’s recent economic performance can be attributed to market-oriented reforms introduced in the last two … decades? A long-run perspective may be important for understanding the process of economic development occurring today. This …

and economic growth. It examines a sequence of theoretical models that share a common description of technology and … explanations of income differences and long-run trends in economic growth. …