Export variety and economic growth in East European transition economies*

Funke, Michael; Ruhwedel, Ralf

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00206.x

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“…This indicates that integration into the EU market occurs not only in the intensive but also in the extensive dimension. The result of growing export variety is also in line with the analysis made by Funke and Ruhwedel (2005) who reported increasing export variety for NMSs in 1993–2000. The most significant progress in the extensive margin is estimated for Latvia which, compared with German variety, increased its export variety from 25 percent in 1999 to almost 50 percent in 2009.…”

Section: Estimates Of Relative Variety and Elasticity Of Substitutionsupporting

confidence: 89%

The quality and variety of exports from the new EU member states

Beņkovskis

Rimgailaite

2011

Economics of Transition

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The goal of this article is to evaluate the variety and quality of exports from the new EU member states (NMSs) in the period 1999-2009. The practical relevance of such an analysis is threefold: recent studies underline the importance of export variety for economic growth; empirical results show that export variety was influenced by the EU membership; and looking separately at export quality permits a better understanding of price competitiveness. Our results show that all NMSs significantly increased the average number of brands exported to the EU market, the largest increases being observed in 2004 and after. This indicates that integration into the EU market occurs in the extensive as well as the intensive dimension. We also find that all NMSs increased the average quality of their exports during the decade studied although there are differences between countries. Thus, a large part of the increase in the prices of exports from NMSs resulted from improving quality and did not result in a loss of competitiveness. Finally, estimates of relative quality are much more stable than relative prices, suggesting that our measure of relative quality is better than the traditional proxy.JEL classifications: C43, F12, F14, O52.

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Section: Estimates Of Relative Variety and Elasticity Of Substitutionsupporting

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The quality and variety of exports from the new EU member states

Beņkovskis

Rimgailaite

2011

Economics of Transition

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“…and Ruhwedel, 2005). There is also evidence pointing out that an increase in export variety raises the productivity level of industries (Feenstra and Kee, 2008).…”

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Determinants of Export Diversification and Sophistication in Sub-Saharan Africa

Veiga

Cabral

2010

SSRN Journal

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“…Recently, some empirical studies have approached the issue for a number of countries, finding in most cases a positive and significant impact of variety in economic growth (e.g., Funke and Ruhwedel, 2005;Boschma et al, 2012). To our knowledge, the inter-relatedness of variety and technology dimensions has not, however, been addressed yet in the literature.…”

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Export variety, technological content and economic performance: the case of Portugal

Rebelo

Silva

2016

Ind Corp Change

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Although the analysis of the relationship between international trade and economic growth has an important tradition in the economic literature, the specific focus on a related matter, the link between export variety and economic growth, remains a relatively unexplored field of research. Recently, a few studies have approached this issue, adopting a neo-Schumpeterian framework. In line with this general frame of analysis, in this paper we investigate the impact of export variety on economic growth, cross-relating the variety dimension with technological upgrading.Cointegration econometric results based on the Portuguese experience over the past four decades show that increased related variety has led to a significant growth bonus, but only in the case of technology advanced sectors. The impact of export variety on economic performance seems, therefore, to be conditioned by the technological intensity of the products involved.

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Export variety and economic growth in East European transition economies*

Cited by 37 publications

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The quality and variety of exports from the new EU member states

The quality and variety of exports from the new EU member states

Determinants of Export Diversification and Sophistication in Sub-Saharan Africa

Export variety, technological content and economic performance: the case of Portugal

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