This article tests the relationship between openness and income inequality in openness
Kuznets curve framework. The Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimator is …

Using the annual data from 1980 to 2013, this study explores the effects of economic
globalization on income inequality for a sample of two emerging economics, China and …

The link between trade openness and economic growth remains an open question due to
the inconclusive findings provided by empirical studies. We argue that the primary reasons …

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. It shows that when
intermediate inputs are not highly differentiated, lowering input tariffs leads to a rise in within …

Given the increasing sensitivity of buyers in the richer countries towards quality of goods
they consume, low-quality exports largely constrain export-growth of the developing …

Credit market imperfections typically characterize a low quality financial market, where the
quality of information about borrowers is low and/or enforcement rules or institutions are not …

In the context of quality content of export baskets becoming the most important determinant
of export growth for developing countries, we show that reduction in tariff on final import …

This paper theoretically examines the effect of an expansionary monetary policy on export
quality and its ramifications on the aggregate employment of the unskilled workers in a …

This study is an application of Yano's market quality economics to trade. It considers the
quality of labor markets in a developing country and sheds light on an important role of the …

This paper examines the impact of industrial robots on the upgrading of product quality in
China. A conceptual framework of product quality heterogeneity is developed to offer …