This paper revisits the relationship between international trade and economic growth. We measure trade openness indices separately with respect to intermediate inputs and final goods and find that it is the former which turns out to be significant in explaining growth gains from trade. Using...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the economic model which was adopted in Bolivia since 2006. For that purpose, the effect of the new paradigm was evaluated on six Bolivian indicators: production level, exportations, economic diversification, per capita income, human development and...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the economic model which was adopted in Bolivia since 2006. For that purpose, the effect of the new paradigm was evaluated on six Bolivian indicators: production level, exportations, economic diversification, per capita income, human development and...

This paper revisits the relationship between international trade and economic growth. We measure trade openness indices separately with respect to intermediate inputs and final goods and find that it is the former which turns out to be significant in explaining growth gains from trade. Using...

The paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and future income growth rates of households at different points of the income distribution. The analysis uses micro-census data from U.S. states covering the period from 1960 to 2010, and controls for exposure to imports from...

In the literature, there has been an acquiescence that the greater the dependence on oil and mineral resources, the worse the growth performance of an economy. With time series data of Oil Revenue (proxy for petroleum industry), Non-oil Revenue, Investment and GDP per capital from 1970-2012, the...