Revisiting the Link between Trade, Growth and Inequality : Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean /

We revisit the relationship between international trade, economic growth and inequality with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper combines two approaches: First, we employ a cross-country panel framework to analyze the macroeconomic effects of international trade on economic growth...

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Main Author: Beaton, Kimberly
Other Authors: Cebotari, Aliona, Komaromi, Andras
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/046
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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