Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set

This paper develops new estimates of export quality, based on bilateral data, which are far more extensive than previous efforts. The data cover 166 countries and hundreds of products over 1962-2014. The analysis finds that quality upgrading is par...

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Main Authors:	Henn, Christian, Papageorgiou, Chris, Romero, Jose Manuel, Spatafora, Nikola
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT QUALITY EXPORT PRICES ECONOMIC POLICY GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN QUALITY LADDERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393571505412354558/Export-quality-in-advanced-and-developing-economies-evidence-from-a-new-data-set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28374

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spelling	okr-10986-283742021-06-08T14:42:48Z Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set Henn, Christian Papageorgiou, Chris Romero, Jose Manuel Spatafora, Nikola EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT QUALITY EXPORT PRICES ECONOMIC POLICY GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN QUALITY LADDERS This paper develops new estimates of export quality, based on bilateral data, which are far more extensive than previous efforts. The data cover 166 countries and hundreds of products over 1962-2014. The analysis finds that quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early stages of development. There is significant cross-country heterogeneity in the growth rate of quality. Within any given product line, quality converges over time to the world frontier. Institutional quality, liberal trade policies, foreign direct investment inflows, and human capital all promote quality upgrading, although their impacts vary across sectors. The results suggest that reducing barriers to entry into new sectors can allow economies to benefit from rapid quality convergence over time. 2017-09-21T21:09:46Z 2017-09-21T21:09:46Z 2017-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393571505412354558/Export-quality-in-advanced-and-developing-economies-evidence-from-a-new-data-set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28374 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8196 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT QUALITY EXPORT PRICES ECONOMIC POLICY GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN QUALITY LADDERS
spellingShingle	EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT QUALITY EXPORT PRICES ECONOMIC POLICY GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN QUALITY LADDERS Henn, Christian Papageorgiou, Chris Romero, Jose Manuel Spatafora, Nikola Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8196
description	This paper develops new estimates of export quality, based on bilateral data, which are far more extensive than previous efforts. The data cover 166 countries and hundreds of products over 1962-2014. The analysis finds that quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early stages of development. There is significant cross-country heterogeneity in the growth rate of quality. Within any given product line, quality converges over time to the world frontier. Institutional quality, liberal trade policies, foreign direct investment inflows, and human capital all promote quality upgrading, although their impacts vary across sectors. The results suggest that reducing barriers to entry into new sectors can allow economies to benefit from rapid quality convergence over time.
format	Working Paper
author	Henn, Christian Papageorgiou, Chris Romero, Jose Manuel Spatafora, Nikola
author_facet	Henn, Christian Papageorgiou, Chris Romero, Jose Manuel Spatafora, Nikola
author_sort	Henn, Christian
title	Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
title_short	Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
title_full	Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
title_fullStr	Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
title_full_unstemmed	Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set
title_sort	export quality in advanced and developing economies : evidence from a new data set
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393571505412354558/Export-quality-in-advanced-and-developing-economies-evidence-from-a-new-data-set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28374
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Export Quality in Advanced and Developing Economies : Evidence from a New Data Set

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