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100 1 _aBen-David, Dan.
_95990
245 1 0 _aFree Trade, Growth, and Convergence /
_cDan Ben-David, Michael B. Loewy.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c1997.
300 _a1 online resource:
_billustrations (black and white);
490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w6095
500 _aJuly 1997.
520 3 _aWhat is the impact on output of movement towards free trade? Can trade liberalization have a permanent effect on output levels, and more importantly, does it have an impact on steady-state growth rates? The model developed here emphasizes the role" that knowledge spillovers emanating from heightened trade can have in income convergence and growth rates over the long run. The model also facilitates an analysis of the dynamic behavior of income levels and terms of trade as well as growth rates during the transition between steady states. Among the results of the model, unilateral liberalization by one country induces a level effect on the liberalizing country that reduces the income gap between it and other wealthier countries. In some cases, the liberalizing country may even leapfrog over initially wealthier countries. From the long-run growth perspective, unilateral (and multilateral) liberalization generates a positive impact on the steady-state growth of all the trading countries.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aE1 - General Aggregative Models
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aF1 - Trade
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700 1 _aLoewy, Michael B.
_915496
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w6095.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w6095
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w6095
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_cW-PAPER
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