Product Variety and Economic Growth; Empirical Evidence for the OECD Countries
24 Pages Posted: 5 Apr 2001
Date Written: February 2000
Abstract
Utilizing panel data for 19 OECD countries we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the US helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export and import data. Although the issue is still far from being settled, the merging conclusion is that the index of relative product variety across countries is significantly correlated with relative per capita income levels.
JEL Classification: F41, F43, C23
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