The effects of international trade on economic growth: an empirical comparison between Portugal and the Netherlands

According to growth theory, trade flows are an important determinant of a country growth rate since they allow technological progress, which is a crucial factor in productivity and competiveness gains, fostering both economic performance and growth. The main goal of this Dissertation is to study the impact that international trade had on the economic growth of Portugal and the Netherlands in the period 1970-2010. Although both economies are small open economies the result registered is distinct. For Portugal both exports and imports play a significant role, as for the Netherlands only exports... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Antunes, António Jorge Soares Jesus
Dokumenttyp: masterThesis
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Schlagwörter: Economic growth / International trade / Portugal / the Netherlands / Time series / Crescimento económico / Comércio internacional / Holanda / Séries temporais / Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão / F43 / C32 / O49 / C Mathematical and quantitative methods / F International economics / O Economic development / innovation / technological change / and growth
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6521

According to growth theory, trade flows are an important determinant of a country growth rate since they allow technological progress, which is a crucial factor in productivity and competiveness gains, fostering both economic performance and growth. The main goal of this Dissertation is to study the impact that international trade had on the economic growth of Portugal and the Netherlands in the period 1970-2010. Although both economies are small open economies the result registered is distinct. For Portugal both exports and imports play a significant role, as for the Netherlands only exports show a positive effect on GDP. ; De acordo com a teoria do crescimento económico o comércio internacional desempenha um papel determinante na taxa de crescimento económico de cada país, porque permite a difusão de progresso tecnológico levando a ganhos de produtividade e competitividade, que por sua vez promovem tanto o desempenho económico como o crescimento económico. O propósito desta Dissertação é estudar o impacto do comércio internacional de Portugal e da Holanda sobre o seu crescimento económico entre 1970 e 2010. Apesar de ambas economias serem pequenas economias abertas o resultado obtido é diferente. Para Portugal tanto as exportações como as importações têm um papel crucial, já no caso da Holanda apenas as exportações mostram um impacto positivo sobre o PIB.