The question whether international openness causes higher domestic growth has been subject to intense discussions in … the empirical growth literature. This paper addresses this issue using the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990 as a natural …s and the lower international openness of East Germany are linked. We address the endogeneity of openness by adapting …

Many theoretical models show that trade openness has positive welfare implications. Yet, openness might affect … question whether trade openness affects within-country income differentials. In Italy, the more affluent regions are … migration. Prima facie, there is a positive correlation between openness and per capita income. Studying this relationship …

Many theoretical models show that trade openness has positive welfare implications. Yet, openness might affect … question whether trade openness affects within-country income differentials. In Italy, the more affluent regions are … migration. Prima facie, there is a positive correlation between openness and per capita income. Studying this relationship …

We employ a neoclassical growth model to assess the impact of financial liberalization in a developing country on …

We employ a neoclassical growth model to assess the impact of financial liberalization in a developing country on …

There is a consensus that jobs are vital in translating economic growth into lasting poverty reduction and social … initial levels of young and small firms and subsequent job growth, as evidenced in India. The economic geography of … more jobs. However, the link between entrepreneurship and job growth is not automatic. Cities that have a higher quality of …

's degree of openness: in open economies, corruption and GNP per capita are strongly negatively correlated, but closed economies …, the same basic pattern persists if we use alternative measures of openness, if we focus on different time periods, if we … poor countries. We find that the degree of financial openness is primarily what determines whether corruption and output …

’s degree of openness: in open economies, corruption and GNP per capita are strongly negatively correlated; but in closed … particular, the same basic pattern persists if we use alternative measures of openness, if we focus on different time periods, if … to poor countries, and if we allow for the possible endogeneity of both the corruption and openness measures. We find …