Trade Openness and Developing Countries' Vulnerability: Concepts, Misconceptions, and Directions for Research

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1489-1502

  Montalbano, Pierluigi ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis transmission; Developing countries; Trade openness; Uncertainty; Volatility; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC THEORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79961171710     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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