What You Export Matters

Ricardo Hausmann (), Jason Hwang and Dani Rodrik ()

No 11905, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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.

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Date: 2005-12
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