Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212522 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 8/2003
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Utilising panel data for 14 East European transition economies, we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of export variety relative to the U.S. helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels.The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 5-digit OECD trade data.Although the issue is far from settled, the emerging view is that the index of relative export variety across countries correlates significantly with relative per capita income levels.
Subjects: 
Product Variety
Transition Economies
Eastern Europe
Economic Growth
Panel Data
JEL: 
C33
F43
O31
O33
O52
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
951-686-865-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.