Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation

In this dissertation, we empirically investigate the relationship between trade openness and economic growth across countries over the period 1960-2000. The main contribution of this dissertation is that we handle the model un-certainty problem by employing model averaging techniques, instead of est...

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Main Author: Ulasan, Bülent
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12843/
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description In this dissertation, we empirically investigate the relationship between trade openness and economic growth across countries over the period 1960-2000. The main contribution of this dissertation is that we handle the model un-certainty problem by employing model averaging techniques, instead of estimating and reporting a number of cross-country growth regressions. Differently from many previous cross-country growth studies, our findings do not support the proposition that openness has a direct robust relationship with long run economic growth. However, we conclude that economic institutions and macroeconomic uncertainties relating to inflation and government consumption are key factors in explaining economic growth in the long run.
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spelling nottingham-128432025-02-28T11:21:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12843/ Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation Ulasan, Bülent In this dissertation, we empirically investigate the relationship between trade openness and economic growth across countries over the period 1960-2000. The main contribution of this dissertation is that we handle the model un-certainty problem by employing model averaging techniques, instead of estimating and reporting a number of cross-country growth regressions. Differently from many previous cross-country growth studies, our findings do not support the proposition that openness has a direct robust relationship with long run economic growth. However, we conclude that economic institutions and macroeconomic uncertainties relating to inflation and government consumption are key factors in explaining economic growth in the long run. 2008-07-11 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12843/1/518802.pdf Ulasan, Bülent (2008) Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
spellingShingle Ulasan, Bülent
Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title_full Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title_fullStr Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title_full_unstemmed Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title_short Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
title_sort trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12843/