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Do religious freedom vis-a-vis trade openness affect economic growth?: a cross-country empirical investigation

Do religious freedom vis-a-vis trade openness affect economic growth?: a cross-country empirical investigation
Do religious freedom vis-a-vis trade openness affect economic growth?: a cross-country empirical investigation
Does religious freedom steer economic growth impact of trade-openness? This paper employs the method of moments-quantile regression to panel data of 117 developed and developing countries to show that countries that accommodate greater liberal religious beliefs enjoy, on average, higher growth in per capita income via deeper trade openness. Empirical results reveal that the dynamic nexus between trade and economic growth across developing countries is subject to the institutional environment. Therefore, results indicate that trade openness favours economic growth when institutional quality improves.
2162-2086
119-137
Behera, Smruti Ranjan
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Mishra, Tapas
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Dash, Devi Prasad
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Behera, Smruti Ranjan
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Behera, Smruti Ranjan, Mishra, Tapas and Dash, Devi Prasad (2023) Do religious freedom vis-a-vis trade openness affect economic growth?: a cross-country empirical investigation. Theoretical Economics Letters, 13 (1), 119-137. (doi:10.4236/tel.2023.131007).

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Does religious freedom steer economic growth impact of trade-openness? This paper employs the method of moments-quantile regression to panel data of 117 developed and developing countries to show that countries that accommodate greater liberal religious beliefs enjoy, on average, higher growth in per capita income via deeper trade openness. Empirical results reveal that the dynamic nexus between trade and economic growth across developing countries is subject to the institutional environment. Therefore, results indicate that trade openness favours economic growth when institutional quality improves.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 February 2023
Published date: 14 February 2023

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Local EPrints ID: 476188
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/476188
ISSN: 2162-2086
PURE UUID: a90c29d6-d8e3-4250-a049-3ac6c702c744
ORCID for Tapas Mishra: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6902-2326

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Date deposited: 13 Apr 2023 16:51
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:36

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Author: Smruti Ranjan Behera
Author: Tapas Mishra ORCID iD
Author: Devi Prasad Dash

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