The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of empirical cross-country growth literature. The paper begins with describing the basic framework used in recent empirical crosscountry growth research. Even though this literature was mainly inspired by endogenous growth theories, the...

This article examines openness-growth nexus in a dynamic panel data framework by using various openness indicators. We assess the robustness of our findings by reducing the number of instruments. Our findings show that lower trade barriers are not associated with higher growth.

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of empirical cross-country growth literature. The paper begins with describing the basic framework used in recent empirical crosscountry growth research. Even though this literature was mainly inspired by endogenous growth theories, the...