This paper revisits the relationship between international trade and economic growth. We measure trade openness indices … in explaining growth gains from trade. Using sectoral level data from WORLD KLEMS Database on industrial productivity and … output and global input output tables to construct the measures of trade openness, our empirical analysis covering 21 …

permits easy quantification based on countries' observed degrees of openness, their tariff revenues, and gravity elasticities …

. Theory translates into an intuitive econometric system that identifies the causal impact of trade on income and growth, and …

Economic theory and empirical research confirm that the rising international integration caused an increase in …