Is agglomeration really good for growth? Global efficiency, interregional equity and uneven growth

Equity Must Accompany Economic Growth for Good Health

India’s rapid economic growth, after the initiation of market-oriented reforms two decades ago, has been the subject of considerable international attention. However, this accelerated economic growth has not been matched by marked improvements in many of the key indicators of health. Not only are the rates of infant and maternal mortality lagging behind the Millennium Development Goals, but the...

When is Trade Protection Good for Growth ?

The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisingly fragile, as shown in a number of other papers. After demonstrating this empirical sensitivity, we address one possible explanation for these findings: that the relationship is nonlinear. Following the endogenous growth literature, we test for the possibility that the relationship between trade barriers and g...

Is Growth Good Enough for the Poor?

Is Trade Policy Openness Good for Growth?

Very few issues are more contentious today than the effects of trade policy on the rate of economic growth and poverty in developing countries. The paper investigates the relationship between trade barriers and growth using a dynamic panel regression model for data on 48 developing countries over 1980-1999. Trade barriers are captured by measures of tariffs, import and export taxes. Particular ...

‘Growth with equity’ and regional development: distributional consequences of agglomeration in Taiwan

Martin Andersson and Martin Klinthäll, ‘Growth with equity’ and regional development: distributional consequences of agglomeration in Taiwan, 2015, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, (20), 2, 271-289. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy is available online at informaworld: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2014.964965 Copyright: Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles http://www.routledge.com/