This paper explores the evolution of OECD imports over time and as a function of income levels, measuring the concentration of those imports across origin countries at the product level. The authors find evidence of diversification followed, in the last years of the sample period (post-2000), by a slight re-concentration. This re-concentration is entirely explained by the growing importance of Chinese products in OECD imports. They also find evidence...
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2010/04/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS5285
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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OECD imports : diversification and quality search
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management