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Consequences of Globalisation Reconsidered: Applying The KOF Index

In: Measuring Globalisation

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  • Axel Dreher

    (ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute)

  • Noel Gaston

    (GDC, Bond University)

  • Pim Martens

    (ICIS, Maastricht University)

Abstract

Arguably, the first step in quantifying the consequences of globalisation is the ability to measure globalisation itself. With the introduction of the KOF Index of Globalisation in 2002, a number of studies empirically addressed the question of whether and to what extent globalisation affects social and economic phenomena. 28 Among the first to use the KOF Index for empirical analysis was Ekman (2003) who investigated whether globalisation affects the health of a country’s population. He finds a positive, non-linear correlation between the KOF Index and population health as measured by life expectancy at birth. In later studies, Sameti (2004) finds that globalisation increases the size of governments, while Tsai (2007) shows that globalisation increases human welfare, measured by the Human Development Index.

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  • Axel Dreher & Noel Gaston & Pim Martens, 2008. "Consequences of Globalisation Reconsidered: Applying The KOF Index," Springer Books, in: Measuring Globalisation, chapter 4, pages 75-171, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-74069-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74069-0_4
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    1. Chen, Pei-Fen & Lin, Chun-Wei & Lee, Chien-Chiang, 2019. "Financial crises, globalization, and insurer performance: Some international evidence," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 835-856.
    2. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Lin, Chun-Wei, 2016. "Globalization, political institutions, financial liberalization, and performance of the insurance industry," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 244-266.
    3. Adriana Ruiz-Almeida & Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, 2019. "Internationally-based indicators to measure Agri-food systems sustainability using food sovereignty as a conceptual framework," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 11(6), pages 1321-1337, December.

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