Trade Openness and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Lesotho

Relationship between Economic Growth, Urban Concentration and Trade: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific

  There is a significant relationship between economic growth and the degree of urban concentration, as measured by primacy or the share of the largest city in an urban system. In accordance to urban economic theories, there is an inverse-U shape relationship between urban concentration –urban primacy- and economic growth. That is, as economy grows, urban concentration increases, approaches a...

Trade Openness And Economic Growth In Iran, And Some OPEC Nations

Climate change effects on economic growth: mixed empirical evidence

West Africa is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This paper analyzed the impacts of climate change on economic growth in Anglophone West Africa with similar background, during the periods 1969-2016. Five growth model equations have been developed to incorporate climate change variables into the model. Panel data estimations such as the fixed effect model, random effect model and Haus...

International Trade and Economic Growth: Evidence from Singapore

International Trade and Economic Growth: Evidence from Singapore Clarence Jun Khiang Tan One of the frequently cited, though hotly contested, determinants of economic growth is exposure to international trade. This study focusses on Singapore, a country with high per capita GDP growth rates and high trade exposure to explore the relationship between these two variables. I use a cross-country da...

The Influence of Trade Openness the Economic Growth of Former Soviet Union Countries

This paper tries to test the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in Former Soviet Union countries after their independence in 1991. It has become an article of faith in most economic and political circles that opening up the economy to international trade will produce substantial benefits in terms of greater consumer choice and higher living standards. Higher productivity is...