Comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries …, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade …

disaggregated bilateral trade flows around the globe. We categorise goods into three groups: fragmented, primary and other. The … how exogenous variation in countries trade patterns influences the quality of institutions. Our regressions show that … trade flows generated by fragmented and other processes of production improve rule of law, while trade flows generated by …

Existing literature repeatedly documented a strong correlation between trade and growth. It has also shown a causal … also because of potential second best world effects and the implied endogeneity of trade policy. Policy recommendations for …

Several empirical papers have shown that international trade has a positive causal effect on a country's GDP or growth … rate. A common conclusion from these results is that a free trade policy will increase a country's GDP. This comment does …