Patterns of export diversification in developing countries : intensive and extensive margins, Vol. 1 of 1

About

Countries

Data & Research

Learning

News

Projects & Operations

Publications

Topics

Home > Data & Research > Research > Document Search > Report Details

Patterns of export diversification in developing countries : intensive and extensive margins

Author:	Amurgo-Pacheco, Alberto ; Pierola, Martha Denisse;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4473
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2008/01/09
Document Date:	2008/01/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS4473	SubTopics:	Achieving Shared Growth; Economic Theory & Research; Emerging Markets; Free Trade; Trade Policy
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This paper uses highly disaggregated trade data to investigate geographic and product diversification patterns across a group of developing nations for the period from 1990 to 2005. The econometric investigation shows that the gravity equation fits the observed differences in diversification across nations. The analysis shows that exports at the intensive margin account for the most important share of overall trade growth. At the extensive margin, geographic diversification is more important than product diversification, especially for developing countries. Taking part in free trade agreements, thereby reducing trade costs, and trading with countries in the North are also found to have positive impacts on export diversification for developing countries.


Official Documents Official, scanned versions of documents (may include signatures, etc.)
File Type		Description	File Size (mb)

	PDF 34 pages	Official version*	0.24
	Text	Text version**

* The official version is derived from scanning the final, paper copy of the document and is the official,
archived version including all signatures, charts, etc.

** The text version is the OCR text of the final scanned version and is not an accurate representation of the final text.
It is provided solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Permanent URL for this page: http://go.worldbank.org/YISTA0AAM0