OECD imports : diversification and quality search (English)

This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time and as a function of income levels, measuring the concentration of those imports across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the last years of the sample period (post-2000), by a slight re-concentration. This re-concentration is entirely explained by the growing importance of Chinese products in OECD imports. They also find evidence...

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Cadot,Olivier;

Kukenova,Madina;

Strauss-Kahn,Vanessa;
Document Date
2010/04/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5285
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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OECD imports : diversification and quality search
Keywords
Poverty Reduction & Economic Management

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Cadot,Olivier; Kukenova,Madina; Strauss-Kahn,Vanessa.

OECD imports : diversification and quality search (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5285 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/754021468174919493

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