Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?

Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?

The paper explores the evolution of export diversification patterns along the economic development path. Using a large database with 156 countries over 19 years at the HS6 level of disaggregation (4,991 product lines), we look for action at the intensive and extensive margins. We find a hump-shaped...

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Main Authors: Cadot, Olivier, Carrere, Celine, Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: MIT Press 2012
Subjects:
Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140
International Linkages to Development
Role of International Organizations O190
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5484
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spelling okr-10986-54842021-04-23T14:02:22Z Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump? Cadot, Olivier Carrere, Celine Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 The paper explores the evolution of export diversification patterns along the economic development path. Using a large database with 156 countries over 19 years at the HS6 level of disaggregation (4,991 product lines), we look for action at the intensive and extensive margins. We find a hump-shaped pattern of export diversification similar to what Imbs and Wacziarg (2003) found for production. Diversification and subsequent reconcentration take place mostly along the extensive margin. This hump-shaped pattern is consistent with the conjecture that countries travel across diversification cones, as discussed in Schott (2003, 2004) and Xiang (2007). 2012-03-30T07:33:03Z 2012-03-30T07:33:03Z 2011-05 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics 00346535 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5484 EN CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140
International Linkages to Development
Role of International Organizations O190
spellingShingle Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140
International Linkages to Development
Role of International Organizations O190
Cadot, Olivier
Carrere, Celine
Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa
Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
description The paper explores the evolution of export diversification patterns along the economic development path. Using a large database with 156 countries over 19 years at the HS6 level of disaggregation (4,991 product lines), we look for action at the intensive and extensive margins. We find a hump-shaped pattern of export diversification similar to what Imbs and Wacziarg (2003) found for production. Diversification and subsequent reconcentration take place mostly along the extensive margin. This hump-shaped pattern is consistent with the conjecture that countries travel across diversification cones, as discussed in Schott (2003, 2004) and Xiang (2007).
format Journal Article
author Cadot, Olivier
Carrere, Celine
Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa
author_facet Cadot, Olivier
Carrere, Celine
Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa
author_sort Cadot, Olivier
title Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
title_short Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
title_full Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
title_fullStr Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
title_full_unstemmed Export Diversification : What's Behind the Hump?
title_sort export diversification : what's behind the hump?
publisher MIT Press
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5484
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