Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/105744 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2005-02
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
The possible existence of a "fallacy of composition" in the simultaneous pursuit of export-led growth by developing countries has received relatively little attention in economic literature. This lack of attention becomes even more apparent in the domain of empirical studies of manufactured exports. This essay seeks to fill this gap. It develops a data set consisting of 10 industrial and 18 developing countries. Carefully designed relative price indices are constructed to capture price and quantity determinants of industrialized country demand for developing country exports. Export equations are then estimated for individual countries. The estimated coe±cients suggest that most developing countries that report significant price effects compete with other developing country exporters, and not with manufacturers in the industrial countries. The panel estimates provide further support in addition to indicating that differences in the nature of competition among developing countries and between developing and industrial countries underline the need to take into account these nuances of international competition. The overall results suggest major policy concerns for developing countries as they simultaneously attempt to export their way to growth through price- and wage-based competition. JEL Categories: F02, F14, F19
Subjects: 
Fallacy of composition
export-led growth
adding-up constraints
external demand
manufactured exports
intra-developing country competition
Bewley transformation
wage suppression
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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