The question whether international openness causes higher domestic growth has been subject to intense discussions in … the empirical growth literature. This paper addresses this issue using the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990 as a natural …s and the lower international openness of East Germany are linked. We address the endogeneity of openness by adapting …

The question whether international openness causes higher domestic growth has been subject to intense discussions in … the empirical growth literature. This paper addresses this issue using the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990 as a natural …s and the lower international openness of East Germany are linked. We address the endogeneity of openness by adapting …

level of income per capita. -- Openness ; growth ; regional income disparities ; Italian region …Many theoretical models show that trade openness has positive welfare implications. Yet, openness might affect … question whether trade openness affects within-country income differentials. In Italy, the more affluent regions are …

Many theoretical models show that trade openness has positive welfare implications. Yet, openness might affect … question whether trade openness affects within-country income differentials. In Italy, the more affluent regions are … migration. Prima facie, there is a positive correlation between openness and per capita income. Studying this relationship …

Many theoretical models show that trade openness has positive welfare implications. Yet, openness might affect … question whether trade openness affects within-country income differentials. In Italy, the more affluent regions are … migration. Prima facie, there is a positive correlation between openness and per capita income. Studying this relationship …

The role of regulatory quality as one of the so-called deep determinants of growth has emerged as an important issue in … economic research in the past 20 years. The positive or negative growth effects of a countryś regulatory framework are …. Therefore, the two potential determinants to growth might be interlinked. So far there is very little empirical evidence on the …

This paper investigates the influence of international openness on economic growth in a sample of 32 European economies …. The usual approach in the literature on the topic is to observe the impact of trade openness on growth. We, however … openness. Our research, in general, shows that openness is an important determinant of growth in a set of investigated …

There is a consensus that jobs are vital in translating economic growth into lasting poverty reduction and social … initial levels of young and small firms and subsequent job growth, as evidenced in India. The economic geography of … more jobs. However, the link between entrepreneurship and job growth is not automatic. Cities that have a higher quality of …