In this chapter we explore the popular but controversial idea that develo** countries
benefit from abandoning policy neutrality vis-a-vis trade, FDI and resource allocation across …

This study surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and
economic growth, and succinctly reviews the role of GATT/WTO in fostering free trade. Most …

Tourism is now believed to provide an impetus to the economic progress of develo**
nations and its importance is gaining widespread recognition. In fact, the relationship …

The economic development and growth literature contains extensive discussions on
relationships between exports and economic growth. One debate centres on whether …

This paper investigates the Granger-causality between exports, imports, and economic
growth in Portugal over the period 1865–1998. The role of the import variable in the …

This paper uses cointegration and error-correction models to analyze the causal relationship
between export growth and economic growth in eight Asian develo** countries using …

This paper presents an analysis of time-series data for the countries in the Summers-Heston
(1991) data set, in an attempt to ascertain the evidence for or against the export-led growth …

This paper continues the investigation of Giles and Williams (2000) on export-led growth
(ELG). In the first part, we surveyed the empirical export-led growth literature; it was evident …

This study investigates the effect of trade liberalization on economic performance in Fiji
using a Cobb–Douglas production function, which is expanded to take into account political …

This paper comprehensively tests the export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis for Malaysia for
the period 1955-90, using cointegration and causality testing based on Hsiao's synthesis of …