The literature has identified that countries with higher levels of openness tend to present a larger government sector … as a way to reduce the risks to the economy that openness entails. This paper argues that there are a number of policies … between openness and the size of government might be mediated by the quality of its public sector. While countries with weak …

The theoretical linkages between openness and long-run economic growth are established with the development of new … growth theories. In this literature, it has been shown that openness affects economic growth through a number of channels and … theoretical models on the subject are very sophisticated and provide useful insights into the linkages between openness and growth …

correlated with the degree of openness of the industry. …