.g. Sachs and Warner (1995)) and opponents (Rodriguez and Rodrik (1999)) of the view that openness to trade is linked to higher …. It concludes that the virtues of openness established in these nuanced in-depth studies remain unrefuted. …

.g. Sachs and Warner (1995)) and opponents (Rodriguez and Rodrik (1999)) of the view that openness to trade is linked to higher …. It concludes that the virtues of openness established in these nuanced in-depth studies remain unrefuted. …

transformation. The standard trade theory postulates that trade openness contributes to poverty alleviation directly by changing … the trade-to-grossdomestic-product ratio to measure openness often fail to find a direct effect of openness on poverty over … effectiveness of the factor proportion channel may be due to limitations of the commonly used measure of trade openness: the trade …

.g. Sachs and Warner (1995)) and opponents (Rodriguez and Rodrik (1999)) of the view that openness to trade is linked to higher …. It concludes that the virtues of openness established in these nuanced in-depth studies remain unrefuted. …

for infant industry protection does not exist. Moreover, compelling empirical evidence linking trade openness causally to …

This paper addresses the lack of connection between theory and empirics in most export diversification - economic …