THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TRADE FLOWS: UNDERSTANDING THE SURVIVAL RATES OF DEVELOPING-COUNTRY EXPORTERS

Paul Brenton, Martha Denisse Pierola and Erik von Uexkull

Chapter 16 in International Trade, Distribution and Development:Empirical Studies of Trade Policies, 2014, pp 329-346 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: One of the distinguishing patterns in export diversification concerns the life and death of trade flows. Countries with rapidly diversifying export portfolios seem to outperform countries that are diversifying more slowly—not in the number of new export flows that emerge, but rather in the survival rates of these new flows once they are introduced. Can low-income countries adopt policies that improve the chances of survival of new export flows and thereby boost exports?…

Keywords: Trade; Economic Development; Empirical Studies; Modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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