Economic growth and openness in Africa: What is the empirical relationship?

This study examines the effects of trade policies on economic growth in Africa. The econometric methodology follows the cross-country studies by Barro ( 1991 ) and Kandiero and Chitiga ( 2003 ) with empirical application to a panel of 36 African countries observed over the period 1980 to 2009. Panel...

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Volume:	19
Main Author:	Chang, Ching-Cheng Mendy, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Taylor & Francis 01.12.2012 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Taylor and Francis Journals
published in:	Applied economics letters Vol. 19; no. 18; pp. 1903 - 1907
Data of publication:	12/1/2012
ISSN:	1350-4851 1466-4291
EISSN:	1466-4291
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Applied Economics Letters
Subjects:	openness economic growth foreign aid foreign direct investment Africa Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences openness economic growth foreign aid foreign direct investment Africa
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS