TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ventura,Jaume
TI  - A Global View of Economic Growth
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11296
PY  - 2005
Y2  - May 2005
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11296
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11296.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Jaume Ventura
CREI
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
08005-Barcelona
SPAIN
Tel: +34 93 542 1765
Fax: +34 93 542 1860
E-Mail: jventura@crei.cat
AB  - This paper integrates in a unified and tractable framework some of the key insights of the field of international trade and economic growth. It examines a sequence of theoretical models that share a common description of technology and preferences but differ on their assumptions about trade frictions. By comparing the predictions of these models against each other, it is possible to identify a variety of channels through which trade affects the evolution of world income and its geographical distribution. By comparing the predictions of these models against the data, it is also possible to construct coherent explanations of income differences and long-run trends in economic growth.
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