TY  - JOUR
AU  - Harrison,Ann
TI  - Openness and Growth: A Time-Series, Cross-Country Analysis for          Developing Countries
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5221
PY  - 1995
Y2  - August 1995
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5221
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5221.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Ann Harrison
Department of Agricultural
and Resource Econonmics
University of California, Berkeley
210 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510/643-9676
Fax: 510/643-8911
E-Mail: ann.harrison@berkeley.edu
AB  - This paper draws together a variety of openness measures to test the association between openness and growth.  Although the correlation across different types of openness is not always strong, there is generally a positive association between growth and different measures of openness.  The strength of the association depends on whether the specification uses cross-section or panel data (which combines cross- section and time series).  For industrializing countries, which have exhibited significant fluctuations in trade regimes over time, long run averages may not serve as very meaningful indicators of policy.
ER  -