Arbeitspapier

Product Variety and Economic Growth - Empirical Evidence for the OECD Countries

Utilizing panel data for 19 OECD countries we find suppor t 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. A lthough the issue is still far from being settled, the merging conclusion is that the index of relative product variety across countries is significantly correlated with relative per capita income levels.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 250

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Economic Growth of Open Economies
Thema
Product variety
economic growth
panel data
OECD countries

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Funke, Michael
Ruhwedel, Ralf
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2000

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Funke, Michael
  • Ruhwedel, Ralf
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2000

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