investigated. We attempt to fill this gap by applying a gravity regression analysis to four major services sectors …

a Gravity regression analysis. We find that (i) RTAs in general create trade among members and divert trade from …

The literature that study the positive relation between openness and growth is extensive, but the discussion about it … and the influence of the openness´ channels. The channels in study are: technology transmition, exports, price distortion …, size of Government and foreign direct investment. The results report that openness influence growth through different links …

The study seeks to investigate empirically the direction and shape of causality among trade openness, investment and … openness, national income growth and total investment. Furthermore, empirical results of Granger causality confirm that there … exists unidirectional causality between economic growth and investment; between trade openness and economic growth; and …

This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts …

The discussion about the relationship between openness and economic growth is still open. The dissent is about the …

natural resource outflow, market size and openness have direct impact on FDI inflow while risk factors like inflation rate and …

This paper employs a total of thirty four openness factors and indigenous factors to construct two indicators for 62 … world economies for the period 1998-2002. While most globalization studies concentrated on openness factors, regression …