This article assesses the Balassa and Samuelson effect which offers an explanation of the differences in international prices based on productivity disparity between tradables and nontradables. It argues that although the Balassa and Samuelson effect provides a reasonable explanation for the...

This paper assesses an important attempt to measure 'trade orientation' by a World Bank economist, David Dollar. Recognising the difficulties in measuring trade openness, Dollar (1992) produced an index of outward orientation. He adjusted national price levels with factor endowments, and used...

Despite the widespread use of the concept there is neither a consistent theoretical construction nor a clear definition of globalisation. Although the debate between pro and anti globalisation scholars and activists is interesting, it largely fails to address globalisation as a fundamental...

Although trade liberalization and trade openness are assumed to be strongly associated with each other and often used interchangeably, the empirical evidence has not been forthcoming. This article is an attempt to fill this gap. By investigating the link between trade openness and trade...

type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>This paper investigates the relationship between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the case of 15 transition countries by using a panel gravity model approach and suggests that corruption does not deter FDI.