This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and … economic cost of banks in sampled countries, with trade openness more detrimental than financial openness. Banks in middle …

This paper is to analyze the effect of trade openness on regional inequality of South Korea. Trade has been the driving … force of Korea's economic growth since the 1960's and it still expands its trade openness through active participation on … bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. In regard to this, this study measures the impact of Korea's trade openness on …

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 …

of fiscal multipliers in the Irish economy heavily depends on its degree of openness, the method of fiscal financing …

This paper revisits the relationship between international trade and economic growth. We measure trade openness indices … output and global input output tables to construct the measures of trade openness, our empirical analysis covering 21 … countries, 30 industries and 15 years reveals that trade openness in terms of intermediate and capital goods lead to economic …

costs of natural disasters: trade openness and income per capita (Chapter 4), and natural disasters, international …