globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies …

world commodity and factor markets, history offers an unambiguous positive correlation between globalization and convergence … years were also ones of economic autarky and 'de-globalization', while the rest were ones of increasing globalization in …. But is the correlation spurious? When the pre-World War I years are examined in detail, the correlation turns out to be …

This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using … and globalization. To reflect context, as defined by space (geography) and time (history), we control for the distance to … and globalization put forward by Eichengreen and Leblang (2008) for the period 1870-2000. Focusing on the more recent wave …

which financial globalization can be a substitute for reforms of domestic financial system. Inefficient financial system and … investment. While financial globalization always improves the welfare of a developed country with a good financial system, its … the world than many developing countries. A noteworthy feature of this theory is that financial and property rights …