Homework I
ECO655
Provide a one-page summary of Rodrik’s paper (posted on the BB under course materials).
- What is the gist of his argument as far as trade liberalization in developing countries is concerned? Explain.
- What is his thesis? What counter examples does he give to support his thesis?
- In what ways does his graphical analysis support his thesis? More specifically, what does the regression analysis demonstrate?
- As far as econometric analysis is concerned, what are the usual statistics he does NOT report on this graph?
- Why do you think he does not report these statistics in this article?
