Haddad, Mona E.; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Saborowski, Christian - 2012
This paper addresses the mechanisms by which trade openness affects growth volatility. Using a diverse set of export … effect of trade openness on growth volatility. The authors also identify positive thresholds for product diversification at … which the effect of openness on volatility changes sign. The effect is shown to be positive only for a minority of countries …