This study builds a North-South trade and uneven development model, and investigates the effects of changes in income distribution (the profit share) on economic growth rates of both countries. How a change in the profit share affects both countries' growth rates differs for the short-run...

This paper contrasts the poor performance of African economies over the past 30 years with the remarkable development of East Asian newly industrialized countries. It provides evidence that the lack of diversification, stemming from the adoption of inward-looking strategies, interventionist...

This paper contrasts the poor performance of African economies over the past 30 years with the remarkable development of East Asian newly industrialized countries. It provides evidence that the lack of diversification, stemming from the adoption of inward-looking strategies, interventionist...

The prime Economic classification of the nations are "Developed/ Developing/ Under developed". In the history, we are yet to see a country in the developing/under-developed category, moving towards a developed status. This was correctly questioned by the Nobel Laureate in Economics (1979),...

This paper, through an asymmetric and non-linear framework, NARDL Model, investigates how real exchange rate movements affect the economic growth of Iran. In other words, whether the movements in the real exchange rate is an indicator of economic growth changes. Working on the monthly data of...

The objective of this study is to re-investigate the export-led growth hypothesis for Asia’s Four Little Dragons using cointegration and rolling causality analyses. Employing both bivariate (exports and GDP) and trivariate (exports, GDP and exchange rate) models, the study finds that exports...

A standard argument of the advocates of unrestricted capital flows is that they boost a small country’s growth by increasing the efficiency of the allocated capital. In this paper I examine the nexus between capital flows and real growth for the Greek economy during the period 1980-2000. Such...

The objective of this study is to re-investigate the export-led growth hypothesis for Asia’s Four Little Dragons using cointegration and rolling causality analyses. Employing both bivariate (exports and GDP) and trivariate (exports, GDP and exchange rate) models, the study finds that exports...

South Korea has had a continuous engagement with significant trade, investment and security matters simultaneously in its relations with other nations. South Korea’s bilateralism with China is a part of a larger milieu which China has been constructing, that includes the Belt and Road...

Strategies for trade liberalization when the rates of time preference are heterogeneous across countries are examined in the framework of endogenous growth. The paper argues that the best strategy for a country with the relatively higher rate of time preference is the strategy of free trade with...