In light of increasing globalisation, countries do not just open their economies to trade; some
factors have to be influenced. This study analyses the relationship among trade openness …

Despite the longstanding empirical works and policy recommendations on climate change,
the world has continued to dwell within an ecological deficit since the early 1970s. This …

A large volume of econometric literature has studied the effects of economic globalisation on
economic growth around the world. Reported results, however, vary considerably, which …

In contrast to previous studies by using provincial data, this paper employs city-level data
from 260 prefecture-level cities in China between 2011 and 2020 to explore the underlying …

This paper analyzes the dynamics of structural polarization and macroeconomic divergence
in the context of European integration, where the latter is primarily understood as an …

Do jurisdictions compete over corporate taxes? The extent of uncooperative strategic
government interactions in corporate tax policy remains unclear, because the results …

Purpose This study aims to establish the position of the European Union (EU-28) countries
in the dynamics of international trade openness linkages and the Global Competitiveness …

The literature on the effect of trade openness on industrialization shows contrasting results.
Using a new empirical framework, we contribute in this paper to the removal of this …

Openness is the core concept of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI), which plays a significant
role in promoting the sustainable economic development of countries along the BRI. This …

Are we really witnessing the death of globalization? A multitude of shocks over the past
three years has unsettled the conventional wisdom on economic integration and fueled …