Impact of Productive Abilities on the Exports Complexities in Developing Countries

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Researcher in Business Economics, Department of Business Studies, Institute of Business Studies and Research

2 Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Department of Business Studies, Institute of Business Studies and Research

Abstract

One of the main drivers of exports complexity and changes in production structure in developing countries is productive abilities (accumulated knowledge). This paper aims to estimate the effectiveness of factors driving productive abilities on exports complexities of developing countries using a panel data for the period 1997-2013 and Generalized Least Squares method. The result shows that factors generating productive abilities on export complexities in developing countries are heterogeneous across income levels and that foreign direct investment is the only factor which has a significant impact on country’s export complexities. Developing countries need to increase their exports complexity through attracting foreign direct investment in order to achieve high economic growth.

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new economy and trad
Volume 13, Issue 2
August 2018
Pages 167-187

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  • Receive Date: 06 September 2017
  • Revise Date: 08 November 2017
  • Accept Date: 11 December 2017

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