Explain how GDP is a measure of globalisation, Singapore

Questions

1. Explain how to trade/GDP (also called openness) is a measure of globalization.
   Are there other measures you could use?
   What form of globalization are you measuring? (5 marks)
2. Using 2 graphs (one for each country), plot openness versus time for each country. Explain in up to 50 words how openness has changed for these countries from 1985 to 2005. Make sure your graph is properly labeled. (5 marks)
3. Explain in up to 100 words the relationship between openness and economic development by calculating the correlation coefficient between GDP per capita (a proxy for economic development) and openness for each of the two countries, respectively. [Here you have to use the CORREL command in Excel]. DO NOT ATTACH YOUR DATA TO THE ASSIGNMENT. (10 marks)
4. Explain in up to 200 words the factors that you think drive openness in these two countries. [Note that these factors can be positive or negative]. If you use information, reference it. References do not count in the word count. (5 marks)