Niroomand, Farhang; Nissan, Edward - In: Journal of Economic Studies 24 (1997) September, pp. 167-178
The ratio of exports plus imports to gross national product may be viewed as a measure of openness in international trade. Constructs indexes for 1967, 1980 and 1988, using this ratio for cross-country comparison of trade patterns. Analysis of variance and regression reveal that the patterns...