Recent studies have shown that developing countries might have significantly better export performance if they were … is virtually absent. In this paper, we aim at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing what determines export … of survival in export markets more than product diversification. …

exporters in a country contribute to export growth and diversification. The origins of these firms are also studied. The data … show that the top five exporters account for on average one third of exports, over half of export growth, and almost all of … export diversification over a five-year period. Controlling for country and industry fixed effects, the share of exports in …

This paper examines export diversification in Ecuador in the cases of fresh cut flowers, canned tuna, palm heart … well as work by Sánchez and Butler (2006) on export costs and related uncertainties. It is found that the discoveries were …

of industrial upgrading as that of Japan and the “Asian Tigers.” These economies succeeded in catching up with the … developed western world by going through three developmental stages sequentially; namely, a proto-industrialization in the rural …, economies stuck in the low-income trap or middle-income trap did not follow the above sequential stages of industrialization …