We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies … changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows … for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature …

diversification of the export sector. The latter, in turn, has been influenced by capital accumulation and economic growth. The growth … brought about by export expansion and its interaction with saving and investment …

unemployment on inflation,for given expected inflation, decreased until the early 1990s, but has remained roughly stable since then …

unemployment and debt. The paper illustrates in a downside scenario, how low potential growth and crisis legacies leave the euro …

This paper provides an empirical benchmarking of growth, productivity and export patterns for developing NREs against … service export baskets. Technological progress and specialization in trade in services may offer diversification options for …

Structural transformation depends not only on how much countries export but also on what they export and with whom they … complexity of the export basket. We identify five priority areas for policies: (1) reduction of trade costs, at and behind the …

direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export and import data. Although the issue is still far from …

as characteristics of countries' export markets and products. Second, we consider event studies of past episodes of trade …