Trade liberalization and income convergence: a comment

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Ben-David, D
• 署名单位: Tel Aviv University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(01)00099-X
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 229-234
• 关键词: trade; LIBERALIZATION; CONVERGENCE; GROWTH

摘要

When examining the relationship between trade liberalization and income convergence across countries, it is important to distinguish between formal and actual periods of trade liberalization. Further-more, the degree of liberalization and the extent of trade between the liberalizing countries are important factors that influence the link between liberalization and convergence. Evidence suggests that postwar trade reforms in which major trade partners substantially reduced barriers on trade with one another culminated in income convergence between the trade-liberalizing countries. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.