We show that in a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model the timing of a country's development relative to the rest of the world affects the path of the country's development. A country that begins the development process later than most of the rest of the world-a late-bloomer-ends up with a permanently...

In this chapter we discuss the role of natural resources and endowment structures on structural change. Departing from theories of trade that stress specialization according to one's comparative advantages as the key route to development, we articulate an alternative point of view on the role of...