The bell-shaped curve of international trade openness: a panel data test for OECD countries
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Trade openness, agglomeration, international trade cost, spatial pattern of productionAbstract
By partially following Head and Mayer’s (2003) suggestions, in this paper we test Puga’s (1999) fundamental bell-shaped relationship between trade openness and agglomeration in the industrial sector. The main result is that concentration of both employment and production may arise if a pair of countries is involved in a process of trade liberalization.Downloads
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