OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search
This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time, measuring their concentration across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the very last years of the sample period (post-2000),...
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okr-10986-33932021-04-23T14:02:09Z OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search Cadot, Olivier Carrere, Celine Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa ADVERSE SELECTION BUYER BUYERS CAPABILITY COMPUTERS CONTESTABILITY CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVERSIFICATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EXPANSION EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS FIRMS FOOD SAFETY GLOBALIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LOCALIZATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET SHARE MORAL HAZARD MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTIVITY RESULT RESULTS SAFETY SEARCH SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TRADE STRUCTURE USES VOLATILITY WEB WORLD TRADE This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time, measuring their concentration across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the very last years of the sample period (post-2000), by a slight re-concentration. This re-concentration is entirely explained by the growing importance of Chinese products in OECD imports. They also find evidence of relatively more volatile concentration levels for goods with high quality heterogeneity, with temporary phases of re-concentration on goods with higher unit values. Both findings are consistent with a simple model of adverse selection and quality screening by OECD buyers predicting that diversification happens by "bouts" rather than continuously, with temporary re-concentration on higher-quality suppliers. 2012-03-19T18:01:40Z 2012-03-19T18:01:40Z 2011-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110406083447 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3393 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5627 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ADVERSE SELECTION BUYER BUYERS CAPABILITY COMPUTERS CONTESTABILITY CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVERSIFICATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EXPANSION EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS FIRMS FOOD SAFETY GLOBALIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LOCALIZATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET SHARE MORAL HAZARD MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTIVITY RESULT RESULTS SAFETY SEARCH SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TRADE STRUCTURE USES VOLATILITY WEB WORLD TRADE |
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ADVERSE SELECTION BUYER BUYERS CAPABILITY COMPUTERS CONTESTABILITY CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIVERSIFICATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKETS EXPANSION EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTS FIRMS FOOD SAFETY GLOBALIZATION IMPORTS INCOME INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LOCALIZATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET SHARE MORAL HAZARD MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONALS NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCT CATEGORY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTIVITY RESULT RESULTS SAFETY SEARCH SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TRADE STRUCTURE USES VOLATILITY WEB WORLD TRADE Cadot, Olivier Carrere, Celine Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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This paper explores the evolution of
OECD imports over time, measuring their concentration across
origin countries at the product level. The authors find
evidence of diversification followed, in the very last years
of the sample period (post-2000), by a slight
re-concentration. This re-concentration is entirely
explained by the growing importance of Chinese products in
OECD imports. They also find evidence of relatively more
volatile concentration levels for goods with high quality
heterogeneity, with temporary phases of re-concentration on
goods with higher unit values. Both findings are consistent
with a simple model of adverse selection and quality
screening by OECD buyers predicting that diversification
happens by "bouts" rather than continuously, with
temporary re-concentration on higher-quality suppliers. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Cadot, Olivier Carrere, Celine Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa |
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Cadot, Olivier Carrere, Celine Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa |
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Cadot, Olivier |
| title |
OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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OECD Imports : Diversification of Suppliers and Quality Search |
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oecd imports : diversification of suppliers and quality search |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110406083447 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3393 |
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