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economic growth
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Economic growth
An increase in the nation's capacity to produce goods and services. Usually refers to real GDP growth.

economic growth
An increase in the production levels of goods and services. If measured in monetary terms, the increases must occur after adjustments for inflation have been made.


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Recent developments within endogenous growth theory suggest that openness influences growth through the channel of imports (Romer 1990, 1992; Grossman and Helpman 1991; Rivera-Batiz and Romer 1991; Aghion and Howitt 1998; Baldwin and Forslid 2000).
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