Does trade raise growth rates of commodity exporters less than those of industrial goods exporters? Do industrial … countries gain more from trade? Do world trade booms over the past two centuries help account for the widening gap between rich …, and the answer is yes to all three. World trade booms have always been associated with commodity price booms and thus with …

(the external terms of trade) from 1800 to 1913, and that of tradable to non-tradable goods and own-wages in the tradable …

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they …

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence -- they …

"Did independence push Latin America down a growth-inequality trade-off? During the late colonial decades, the region …

Most analysts of the modern Latin American economy hold to a pessimistic belief in historical persistence - they …