Market Potential and Development : A Background Paper for the World Development Report

Evidence on the long-term impact of market potential on economic development is examined. The paper derives a structural estimation based on the New Economic Geography literature where the level of factors income of a country is related to its export capacity. It evaluates this market potential at t...

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Main Author: Mayer, Thierry
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9166