Product Variety and Economic Growth Empirical Evidence for the OECD Countries

Ralf Ruhwedel () and Michael Funke

Quantitative Macroeconomics Working Papers from Hamburg University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Utilizing panel data for 19 OECD countries we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the US helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export and import data. The econometric estimates indicate that the index of relative product variety is significantly correlated with relative per capita income levels.

Date: 2001-04
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Journal Article: Product Variety and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence for the OECD Countries (2001)
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