Productivity Growth and Product Variety : Gains from Imitation and Education

Is there a correlation between productivity and product variety? Certainly it appears that the rich countries are more productive and have more product variety than the poor nations. In fact, the relationship is quite strong when measured in levels...

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Main Author:	Addison, Douglas M.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE RATE CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL GROWTH CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCK GROWTH CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION CONSUMERS COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY OBSERVATIONS COUNTRY SIZE COURNOT COMPETITION CPI DEMAND SIDE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMISTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EMPLOYMENT ENDOGENOUS GROWTH ENDOGENOUS REGRESSORS ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS ERROR TERM EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS FACTOR ACCUMULATION FIXED COSTS FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUNCTIONAL FORM FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORTS INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LIFE EXPECTANCY MACRO STABILITY MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARGINAL RETURNS MEASUREMENT ERROR MODEL SPECIFICATIONS NEGATIVE GROWTH 0 HYPOTHESIS OBSERVED CHANGES OIL OPEC OUTPUT GROWTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GROWTH RICH COUNTRIES SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION STANDARD DEVIATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TFP TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES URBAN AREAS PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY THEORY HYPOTHESIS TESTING STATISTICAL DATA URBAN AREAS
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Productivity Growth and Product Variety : Gains from Imitation and Education

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