We construct measures of export similarity among seventeen Latin American countries over the period 1962-1991. Based on cluster analyses, we analyze patterns of similarity or complementarity in the commodity composition of various countries1 export portfolios. While exports of primary products...

For years economists have ignored the diversity in agriculture and its potential to increase long run growth rates by enhancing a country's knowledge base. Nontraditional agriculture requires significant investments in infrastructure and knowledge: and therefore, has the potential to increase...

The Russian Federation's regions not only have highly uneven degrees of development, they also have very uneven degrees of foreign orientation. Regions with the highest foreign orientation--exports of goods per capita or inbound foreign direct investment per capita?almost across the board have...

Many production firms use intermediary trading firms to export indirectly. This paper uses Chinese export data at the transaction level to investigate the tax evasion motive through indirect trade. The paper provides strong evidence that, under China's partial export value-added tax rebate...