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Free Trade And Growth In The World Economy

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  • PETER LLOYD

    (Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 31010, Australia)

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This paper explores the relationship between free trade and the rate of economic growth. It is argued that freeing trade has both a level effect and a growth effect. Most empirical studies ignore the growth effect and, therefore, considerably understate the beneficial effects of freeing trade. Progress towards free trade in the GATT/WTO era is far from complete. Regionalism has had a limited effect on freeing trade globally. The completion of the Doha Development Round is needed to restart trade as the engine of growth.

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  • Peter Lloyd, 2011. "Free Trade And Growth In The World Economy," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 56(03), pages 291-306.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:56:y:2011:i:03:n:s0217590811004377
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590811004377
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