Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ricardo Hausmann
Author-Email: ricardo_hausmann@harvard.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Harvard's Growth Lab
Author-Person: pha552
Author-Name: Jason Hwang
Author-Name: Dani Rodrik
Author-Email: dani_rodrik@hks.harvard.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Center for International Development at Harvard University
Author-Person: pro60
Title: What You Export Matters
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.
Creation-Date: 2005-12
Classification-JEL:  F1, O4
Keywords: specialization, productivity, growth
Number: 3c
Handle: RePEc:glh:wpfacu:3c
File-Url: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/cid/files/publications/faculty-working-papers/123.pdf
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