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 … growth. Openness in terms of final consumer goods turns out to be insignificant in most specifications. We also estimate …

introduce a new framework, which combines trade and growth theory into a tractable tool for quantitative research. Our …

For a long time, China’s impressive growth performance has been driven by investment and high productivity gains. Based … sustainability of China’s investment- and export-driven growth model. It is shown that since the turn of the millennium buoyant … soft budget constraints is seen to undermine China’s long-term growth potential. …

factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than …This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a … labour can explain a significant fraction of the international variation in TFP growth. …

-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences … work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …