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In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2008) 18:201–218 DOI 10.1007/s00191-007-0081-5
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 15, 2008 erstellt
Description:
We explore the relationship between export variety and economic development, using data on OECD countries between 1964 and 2003. We show that structural change in the world economy has a particular arrow of time leading to a growing variety of exports. Distinguishing between related variety (within sectors) and unrelated variety (variety between sectors), we also show that related variety stimulates growth instantaneously, while unrelated variety only promotes growth with a considerable time lag. This finding is in line with the evolutionary notions that economic development and international trade patterns are path dependent