Farahane, Matias Jaime; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
covered by this study (2005-2017), export expansion stimulated growth, more openness to trade reduced it, and that the …This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern … formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and encourage the region's growth. Our results indicate that during the period …