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

Ulasan, Bülent (2008) Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Thesis (University of Nottingham only) (PhD)
Supervisors: Morgan, C.W.
Wright, P.W.
Subjects: H Social sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Faculties/Schools: UK Campuses > Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Education > School of Economics
Item ID: 12843
Depositing User: EP, Services
Date Deposited: 05 Oct 2012 07:59
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2017 10:21
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12843

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