Holdings: How Many Dimensions Do We Trade In? Product Space Geometry and Latent Comparative Advantage

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How Many Dimensions Do We Trade In? Product Space Geometry and Latent Comparative Advantage

This paper proposes a new quantitative implementation of Balassa's idea that export composition and revealed comparative advantage inform the relationship between endowments in domestic factors of production and exports. It proposes that the e...

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Main Author:	Arvis, Jean-François
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	APPAREL AVERAGE PRICE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INDICATOR CAPITAL PER WORKER CAPITAL STOCK CLASSICAL TRADE THEORY COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONNECTIVITY CORRELATION MATRIX COUNTRY LEVEL DATA ANALYSIS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL PROBLEM EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUIPMENT ESP EXPLANATORY POWER EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ANALYSIS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBALIZATION GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GROWTH STRATEGIES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPLEMENTATIONS IMPORT MARKETS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INNOVATION INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR RELATIONSHIP LOGARITHMIC SCALE MANUFACTURING MARKET DEMAND MATERIAL NETWORKS OPEN ACCESS PATTERN OF TRADE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY VARIABLES POLITICAL STABILITY POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPORTIONAL CHANGE REGRESSION TECHNIQUES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESULT RESULTS SEARCH ENGINE SPECIALIZATION SPREAD STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPLY ELASTICITY TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE OUTCOMES TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE THEORIES TRADE VOLUMES USES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEALTH WEB trade export competitiveness product space non-linear
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17840245/many-dimensions-trade-product-space-geometry-latent-comparative-advantage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15838

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17840245/many-dimensions-trade-product-space-geometry-latent-comparative-advantage
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15838