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What You Export Matters

Ricardo HausmannSchool of Government Harvard UniversityJason HwangDepartment of Economics Harvard UniversityDani RodrikSchool of Government Harvard University 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 and

2005en

ABI

Abstract

When local cost discovery generates knowledge spillovers, specialization patterns become partly indeterminate and the mix of goods that a country produces may have important implications for economic growth. We demonstrate this proposition formally and adduce some empirical support for it. We construct an index of the "income level of a country's exports," document its properties, and show that it predicts subsequent economic growth.

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DOI: 10.3386/w11905

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