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Using the WTO Accession to Assess the Link Between Trade and Growth

Ekman, Marie LU (2012) NEKH01 20121
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
The debate on the relationship between trade and growth is ongoing and the question is if the GATT/WTO contributes to higher trade flows. In this paper, the modern literature relating to trade and growth will be reviewed, as well as the modern literature on the GATT/WTO and trade. Then, I examine how growth has been affected by the GATT/WTO by looking at growth for member countries for a few years prior to joining and then comparing this with growth a few years after joining the organisation. To summarize my findings, joining the GATT/WTO seems to be associated with an increase in economic growth.
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author
Ekman, Marie LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH01 20121
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
trade, growth, the GATT/WTO
language
English
id
2607699
date added to LUP
2012-06-15 12:59:40
date last changed
2012-06-15 12:59:40
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  abstract     = {{The debate on the relationship between trade and growth is ongoing and the question is if the GATT/WTO contributes to higher trade flows. In this paper, the modern literature relating to trade and growth will be reviewed, as well as the modern literature on the GATT/WTO and trade. Then, I examine how growth has been affected by the GATT/WTO by looking at growth for member countries for a few years prior to joining and then comparing this with growth a few years after joining the organisation. To summarize my findings, joining the GATT/WTO seems to be associated with an increase in economic growth.}},
  author       = {{Ekman, Marie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Using the WTO Accession to Assess the Link Between Trade and Growth}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}