Trade and Growth

摘要: The relationships between trade and growth have long been a subject of considerable controversy among economists. In the early post-World War II period, many economic leaders concluded that protective policies stimulated growth, import substitution were widely adopted by developing countries. By 1980s, however, country-specific general cross-country analyses had demonstrated failure approach, consequently export-oriented adopted. While subsequent studies generally indicated effectiveness outward-looking policies, recent criticisms these (by Rodriguez Rodrik, 1999, in particular) called this conclusion into question ...