A review of trade liberalization and its aftermath

Thesis

Large barriers to international trade were gradually but systematically and substantially reduced across the world in recent decades. Virtually all countries moved away from trade policies designed to promote import substitution to development strategies that embraced international trade as the main avenue for prosperity. Trade policy restrictions are still significant in most developing countries, but their trade regimes are substantially more open than they were decades ago.

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Authors: Salinas Meneses, GE

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-dpmaybdo8
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: economic growth; export complexity; economic development; JEL Classification Numbers: F1, O1, O4; export diversification; International trade