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 …

technology diffusion. We measure international technology spillovers in trade, patents, and in disembodied forms. We find that …

This paper investigates the impact of trade openness on economic growth and development for a sample of 85 middle … trade openness has been one of the main drivers of the level of development, but not of economic growth in middle income … countries. Secondly, that trade openness is both a cause and a consequence of the level of development in middle …

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 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 …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces …

analysis we attempt to emphasize the links and importance of transportation costs for the trade literature and we outline … avenues where we believe interdisciplinary contributions between the international trade and transportation economics fields …

analysis we attempt to emphasize the links and importance of transportation costs for the trade literature and we outline … avenues where we believe interdisciplinary contributions between the international trade and transportation economics fields …