Globalisation can be a threat or an opportunity, depending on a country’s trade mix and its economic and regulatory … structure. This paper assesses which EU countries are most exposed to globalisation using, among other indicators, measures of … and the level and type of support, such as job-search assistance, that is given to those who are harmed by globalisation …

trade. Organisations that monitor international macro-economic development have identified growing protectionism – not least … the increase in non-tariff barriers to trade, such as local regulations or subsidies – as a potential cause of the weaker … growth in global trade. Non-tariff barriers to trade are a significant element of countries’ trade policies and may often be …

jointly deter- mined. The key regressors in our model are trade and ¯nancial integra- tion indicators, institutional variables … government discretion has destabilising e®ects on growth volatility. We con¯rm that government size increases with trade …

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through …, growth affects trade, directly through changes in country size and indirectly through altering the incidence of trade costs …. Theory translates into an intuitive econometric system that identifies the causal impact of trade on income and growth, and …

The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross …-country data. In general, the results are largely consistent with the positive impact of trade on economic growth as found in the … literature. However, the empirical results based on different categories of countries show that whereas trade has positively …

research and discussions. Experts have argued that the relationship between trade and economic growth in the ECOWAS region is … unclear and the question of whether trade promotes growth and development is controversial. In this paper, an attempt is made … to analyse the impact of trade on economic growth both from a theoretical perspective and using econometric evidence from …

The pre-eminence of trade and investment in the economic prosperity of developed and developing countries cannot be … overemphasized. Many studies have shown a strong positive impact of trade on economic growth across developed and the emerging market …. However, very little is known about the simultaneous effect of trade and investment on growth in SSA when institutional …