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Composition of Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean /
This study analyzes composition of goods trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) along four main dimensions: revealed comparative advantage, product complexity, sophistication, and diversification. After describing some key trade patterns over the last half century, it compares the findings f...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2017.
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| Series: | IMF working paper ;
WP/17/42. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; Abstract; I. Introduction; II. Dimensions of Trade Composition; III. Dataset and Data Description; IV. Trends in Trade Composition; A. Revealed Comparative Advantage; B. Diversification; C. Sophistication; D. Economic Complexity; V. Product Proximity and Predicting Future Composition of Trade; A. Product Proximity; B. Predicting Composition of Trade; C. Prediction Performance; VI. Regression Analysis; A. Methodology; B. Results; VII. Impact of Trade Agreements; VIII. Concluding Remarks; IX. References; Tables; 1: Determinants of the Composition of Trade.
- 2: Determinants of the Composition of Trade: IV Regressions3: Regression Results: Impact of Trade Agreements on Export Composition; Figures; 1: Revealed Comparative Advantage for Latin America and the Caribbean; 2: Revealed Comparative Advantage for LA6; 3: Revealed Comparative Advantage for CAPDR; 4: Revealed Comparative Advantage for the Caribbean; 5: Revealed Comparative Advantage for Different Regions; 6: Revealed Comparative Advantage in Different Product Categories; 7. Export Concentration Index (Overall); 8: Export Concentration Index (Median).
- 9: Export Concentration Index (by Country)10: Export Concentration Index for the Caribbean; 11: Export Sophistication Index; 12: Standardized Export Sophistication Index; 13: Product Complexity of Exports; 14: Actual and Predicted Areas of Comparative Advantage; 15: Performance of Predictions for Comparative Advantage; 16: Actual and Predicted Areas of Comparative Advantage (Dynamic); 17: Performance of Predictions for Comparative Advantage (Dynamic); 18: Event Studies: Impact of Trade Agreements on Export Composition; Boxes.
- 1: Skill and Technology-Intensity Product Classification from UNCTAD2. Standard International Trade Classification (SITC); Appendices; I. Country Groupings; II. Distribution of Product Complexity Allowing Movements Across Quintiles; III. Robustness of Predictions for RCAs Across Product Groups to Alternative Time Horizons; IV. Additional Regression Results; V. Panel Vector Autoregressive Model.