Growth Effects of Free Trade under Increasing Returns

Ilaria Ossella‐Durbal

The Japanese Economic Review, 2002, vol. 53, issue 4, 389-406

Abstract: This paper addresses the long‐term sustainability of the growth effects from trade, within the context of a dynamic optimization model where the investment sector exhibits an initial phase of increasing returns. It is proved that the qualitative properties of trade and growth remain valid, even for decreasing, rather than constant, returns to scale in the consumption sector. That is, trade enables an economy to escape a “poverty trap” and enjoy unbounded growth. Moreover, the asymptotic long‐run growth rate of the optimal consumption levels with trade is determined, establishing that trade has a beneficial effect on long‐run growth. JEL Classification Numbers: O41, F12.

Date: 2002
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