In this paper, I reexamine the empirical relationship between trade openness and urban concentration. Using a panel … that trade liberalization significantly reduces urban concentration. Similarly, openness is insignificant if trade is … association between trade openness and the size of a country's largest city are not robust. More importantly, the openness …

Since trade was not an engine, neither was a part of trade, such as the trade in slaves. And certainly the profits from … the trade did not finance the Industrial Revolution. Imperialism, too, was a mere part of trade, and despite the well … apartheid, been profitable. The episode of economic success in Europe came from domestic sources of innovation, not from …

This report on the Korean Strategy for Green Growth and its implementation in urban areas assesses the contributions of … urbanisation and unprecedented resource consumption and environmental pressures that the report focuses on the role of urban areas … a central government vision and strategy, will largely hinge on the contribution of urban areas toward more sustainable …