Increasing Export Diversification in Commodity-Exporting Countries: A Theoretical Analysis

October 1, 1991

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Dean A. DeRosa Increasing Export Diversification in Commodity-Exporting Countries: A Theoretical Analysis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

This paper draws on the neoclassical theory of international trade to examine the limits of efficient export diversification in low-income, commodity-exporting countries. It demonstrates the fundamental importance of relative factor endowments among countries for determining the commodity composition of international trade flows under both certain and uncertain economic conditions. In recognition of the importance of international financial markets for risk-spreading and allocating resources efficiently under uncertainty, the paper emphasizes the importance of “open” economic policies towards international trade in financial assets as well as goods.

Subject: Comparative advantage, Export diversification, Exports, Natural resources, Trade policy

Keywords: Good, Natural resource, WP

Publication Details

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32
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Working Paper No. 1991/105
Stock No:

WPIEA1051991
ISBN:

9781451947397
ISSN:

1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 39, No. 3, September 1992.

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