We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with … realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with …

contributed to Austria's post-war growth and the evolution of its pattern of trade over time. The paper looks at two lessons for … small relative share of R&D in GDP. The paper uses insights from recent dynamic theories of trade to explain these three … the Austrian experience, industrial and trade policy for economies in transition is discussed. …

-1878. There were three forces at work that account for Mexican exceptionalism: first, the terms of trade and Dutch disease effects …

A recent endogenous growth literature has focused on the transition from a Malthusian world where real wages were … linked to factor endowments, to one where modern growth has broken that link. In this Paper we present evidence on another … locate the causes in the Industrial Revolutionary forces emphasized by endogenous growth theorists, we provide evidence that …

to trade policy reforms. The paper employs a simple growth model to examine these effects, formally developing the …This paper emphasizes the relevance of classical transition dynamics for trade policy, particularly for developing … countries. The empirical evidence from cross-country growth regressions points to important transitional growth effects related …

directly related to the level of external trade - which implies that commercial policy can affect economic growth. In … particular, unilateral trade liberalization may increase steady-state income growth in all countries. …, while introducing some modifications that transform it into an open economy endogenous growth model with knowledge …

To the extent that trade policy affects trade flows between countries, the ramifications can be far-reaching from an … economic growth perspective. This paper examines one aspect of these ramifications, namely the impact of changes in the extent … of trade between countries on changes in the rate of reduction in the size of the income gap that exists between them …

We review the literature on the links between technology and international trade. The older literature assumed … exogenous technologies and focused on their effects on the structure of foreign trade and on welfare. Recently much of the … effort has been on explaining technological change. As a result, we also describe the effects of foreign trade on …