In light of the substantial movement towards trade liberalization during the postwar period, this paper attempts to determine if, and when, countries experienced statistically significant changes in the paths of their export-GDP and import-GDP ratios

In light of the substantial movement towards trade liberalization during the postwar period, this paper attempts to determine if, and when, countries experienced statistically significant changes in the paths of their export-GDP and import-GDP ratios. We find that: (1) most trade ratios...

NOTE: The following is a description of the paper and not the actual abstract. The decades following the Second World War have been distinguished by an unprecedented movement toward openness among the world's economies. This study examines the resultant changes in the trade volumes of nearly 50...