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Quality Upgrading and Export Performance in the Asian Growth Miracle
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Mr. Chris Papageorgiou
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Mr. Nikola Spatafora
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2019: Issue 259
Language:
English
Publication Date:
27 Nov 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513519227.001
ISBN:
9781513519227
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
33
Keywords:
WP; marginal product of labor; export share; product quality; quality upgrading; export volume; export change; exports data; product export; Exports; Export performance; Manufacturing; Agricultural commodities; Oil; East Asia; Asia and Pacific
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We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. We focus on measuring the impact of quality upgrading on the changes in these countries’ sectoral export shares during 1970–2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature, our approach allows estimation without employing domestic production data. Our results point to quality upgrading being a key driver of export shares.
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