What you export matters

Ricardo Hausmann, Jason Hwang and Dani Rodrik

Journal of Economic Growth, 2007, vol. 12, issue 1, 25 pages

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. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Economic growth; Experts; Specialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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