A tale of two globalizations: gains from trade and openness 1800–2010

Federico, Giovanni; Junguito, Antonio Tena

doi:10.1007/s10290-017-0279-z

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“…Sanctions only began to be lifted in the early 1990s (Evenett 2002). This period relates to the start of an exponential increase in global trade (Federico and Tena-Junguito 2017), and commensurate invasions (Seebens et al 2017). It is possible that as trade from South Africa during this time was reduced, the contribution of animal species did not reach its potential levels.…”

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South Africa as a Donor of Alien Animals

Measey

Robinson

Kruger

et al. 2020

Biological Invasions in South Africa

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This review provides the first assessment of animal species that are native to South Africa and invasive elsewhere in the world. While around a twelfth of all naturalised plants in the world are native to South Africa, there are very few examples of South African native marine, terrestrial, or freshwater animals becoming invasive elsewhere. We provide a narrative of each of the 34 cases that we could find. Three of these species, the Common Waxbill, Estrilda astrild, the Mozambique Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus and the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, were widely traded, and introduced on several continents with invasive populations becoming the subject of substantial research. Most other species are poorly documented in the literature such that it is often not known whether South African populations are the source of invasions. These species demonstrate the same trend in pathways of animals entering South Africa, moving from deliberate to accidental through time. The role of mavericks, individuals whose deliberate actions wilfully facilitate invasions, is highlighted. While South Africa has acted as an important bridgehead for the invasions of forestry pests, crayfish, fish and amphibians on the continent, it is clearly not a major donor of animal invasions, but rather a recipient. This could be due to South African ecosystems being fundamentally more invasible, or South African fauna showing reduced invasiveness, though it is likely that substantial differences in historical pathways also played a crucial role.

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confidence: 99%

South Africa as a Donor of Alien Animals

Measey

Robinson

Kruger

et al. 2020

Biological Invasions in South Africa

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“…To take stochastic trends in the data into account, we use the VAR in the error correction representation and test for cointegration between openness and productivity. Similar bivariate approaches have been employed, for example, by Federico et al ( 2017 ) to analyze the link between openness and economic growth and Gunes and Kose ( 2013 ) for the link between openness and productivity. Related error correction analysis include additional variables (Malhotra and Kumari 2016 ; Siliverstovs and Herzer 2006 ).…”

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Openness and productivity of the Swiss economy

Föllmi

Fuest

Meulen

et al. 2018

Swiss J Economics Statistics

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This paper analyzes the connection between openness and economic performance in Switzerland. Considering different dimensions of openness, we show that the Swiss economy is classified as relatively open. Nevertheless, there still is potential to further increase international integration, particularly through deregulation in the services sector. We also show that for some branches in the Swiss manufacturing sector, increases in international trade are associated with higher productivity in the long run. With regard to financial openness, we show that in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Switzerland mainly suffered from capital retrenchment. Foreign capital inflows were of minor importance. Short-run costs due to high volatility of capital flows might therefore be lower than widely perceived.

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“…Global trade volume and openness to trade have long been the most straightforward indicators of globalization. One reason for this is the availability of rich data in terms of number of countries and time span, allowing researchers to describe the evolution of globalization since the 19 th century (Federico & Tena-Junguito, 2017). Nevertheless, these indicators do not allow for drawing conclusions regarding the structure and causes of the development of (trade) globalization.…”

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Measuring fifty years of trade globalisation

2020

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Although trade globalization is a multi-faceted phenomenon, researchers often capture its magnitude by trade volume alone. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon we propose measures that also account for the interconnectedness of countries, for geographical distance, and for the role of individual sectors in bilateral trade. We also improve upon existing indices by moving from a country-level analysis (internationalization) to a truly global perspective (globalization). We measure trade globalization using data from CHELEM (CEPII) over a period of 50 years, covering 72 countries for the sub-period 1967-1990 and 84 countries for 1994-2016. The results show substantial increases in all dimensions of globalization, despite substantial differences between the measures, highlighting the need to analyze globalization with a comprehensive set of indicators. Regarding the number of positive bilateral trade flows, globalization was almost completed by 2016. The importance of distance also diminished throughout the period analyzed, but neighboring countries still share stronger trade relations. Results indicate that trade globalization for high-tech sectors varies significantly from the evolution seen in other sectors, especially large, low-tech sectors. The latter tend to show the highest level of trade globalization over the whole period, but the former group could catch up considerably.

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A tale of two globalizations: gains from trade and openness 1800–2010

Cited by 59 publications

References 40 publications

South Africa as a Donor of Alien Animals

South Africa as a Donor of Alien Animals

Openness and productivity of the Swiss economy

Measuring fifty years of trade globalisation

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