of understanding the connections between trade and labor in both scholarship and practice, and as such seeks to support … influxes as exogenous phenomena, as opposed to effects of law and policy choices made by government actors in trade, investment …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, development is faster in a democratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in political equilibrium …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, development is faster in a democratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in political equilibrium …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, development is faster in a democratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in political equilibrium …

-country trade. Both of these sources develop from the New Economic Geography models, while the engine of the growth process is …The literature on growth theory lacks a precise sense of why there are interactions and dependencies between countries …. Correspondingly, the spatial econometrics literature on growth empirics accounts for endogenous cross-country interactions, but lacks …

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been … provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, development is faster in a democratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in political equilibrium …

can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher …

structural change in the form of intra-industry specialization. Our findings are consistent with Ventura's hypothesis that growth …How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a …