caa a22 4500 467896348 CHVBK 20180406152805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00181-006-0060-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00181-006-0060-y Does Trade Openness Affect the Speed of Output Convergence? Some Empirical Evidence [Elektronische Daten] [David Giles, Chad Stroomer] In this paper we develop flexible techniques for measuring the speed of output convergence between countries when such convergence may be of an unknown non-linear form. We then calculate these convergence speeds for various countries, in terms of half-lives, using a time-series data-set for 88 countries. These calculations are based on both nonparametric kernel regression and ‘fuzzy' regression, and the results are compared with more restrictive estimates based on the assumption of linear convergence. The calculated half-lives are regressed, again in various flexible ways, on cross-section data for the degree of openness to trade. We find evidence that favors the hypothesis that increased trade openness is associated with a faster rate of convergence in output between countries. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Openness nationallicence Convergence nationallicence Fuzzy regression nationallicence Lyapunov coefficient nationallicence Giles David Department of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, V8W 2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut Stroomer Chad Department of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, V8W 2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut Empirical Economics Springer-Verlag 31/4(2006-11-01), 883-903 0377-7332 31:4<883 2006 31 181 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-006-0060-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-006-0060-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giles David Department of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, V8W 2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stroomer Chad Department of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, V8W 2Y2, Victoria, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Empirical Economics Springer-Verlag 31/4(2006-11-01), 883-903 0377-7332 31:4<883 2006 31 181 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer