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Openness, Economic Growth and Locational Competition

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Openness and Development

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The postwar period was an economically extremely successful period. Economic growth in the world economy has been very rapid by historical standards. Per capita growth of real output was significantly higher and variability in the rate of growth was lower after World War Ii than in earlier periods (Table 1).

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Straubhaar, T. (1996). Openness, Economic Growth and Locational Competition. In: Lang, F.P., Ohr, R. (eds) Openness and Development. Studies in Contemporary Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12627-1_2

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