What You Export Matters
27 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2006
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What You Export Matters
Date Written: January 2006
Abstract
When local cost discovery generates knowledge spillovers, specialization patterns become partly indeterminate and the mix of goods that a country produces may have important implications for economic growth. We demonstrate this proposition formally and adduce some empirical support for it. We construct an index of the 'income level of a country's exports,' document its properties, and show that it predicts subsequent economic growth.
Keywords: Specialization, productivity, growth
JEL Classification: F1, O4
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