due to system competition and the question of legitimacy and effectiveness. The recent PGII initiative uses investment to … improve economic development in Africa. But what about other tools, like trade? While the literature suggests positive effects … of trade on economic development, the trade efforts by the G7 have been underwhelming. Moreover, the trade share between …

The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisingly fragile, as shown in a number … relationship between trade barriers and growth is contingent on measures of comparative advantage. The findings suggest that these …

between de facto and de jure measures along the different dimensions of globalisation, the differentiation between trade and …

This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R content of trade to TFP growth for North …-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion … imposes identical contributions of openness and the R content of trade to TFP. We allow these contributions to differ and show …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … preceding the Great Recession (1976-2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the changing relationship between trade policy, production networks, and economic growth in Asia …. It traces East Asia’s rise to the coveted "Factory Asia" league with rapid growth over several decades through trade … Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and a multilateral approach under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT …

This paper examines the changing relationship between trade policy, production networks, and economic growth in Asia …. It traces East Asia's rise to the coveted “Factory Asia” league with rapid growth over several decades through trade … Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and a multilateral approach under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

Needless to say, it is necessary to study the relative scales of the trade creation effect and the trade diversion … effect to evaluate success of ASEAN trade integration and to determine whether or not the intra-bloc trade share is … descriptive statistics and some key indicators to track the progress in economic growth and in trade integration that is the main …