The Long Term Development of OECD Export Specialisation Patterns:

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dc.contributor.author	Laursen, Keld
dc.contributor.author	Villumsen, Gert
dc.contributor.author	Dalum, Bent
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-30
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02T10:14:05Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-02T10:14:05Z
dc.date.issued	2010-07-02
dc.identifier.isbn	8778730147
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8120
dc.description.abstract	The paper examines an issue related to the discussion of national specificity - whether the group of OECD countries are characterised by a high degree of stability of their export specialisation patterns at the country level or not. During a period of nearly three decades from 1965 to 1992, 20 OECD countries are examined. In addition we test whether the countries, have become more or less specialised in terms of trade specialisation in the period in question. In order to fulfill these aims we examine the sensitivity for, firstly; the level of aggregation, and secondly; the kind of statistical methodology applied. In this context we distinguish between specialisation (or despecialisation) in trade patterns on the one hand, and divergence (or on the contrary convergence) in trade patterns on the other. A specialisation process refers to a process in which specialisation intra-country becomes more dispersed (and counter-wise for de-specialisation). On the contrary, a divergence process refers to a process in which countries become more different in terms of specialisation in a particular sector, across countries (and counter-wise for convergence). The results show that elements of ‘stickiness’ and incremental change are combined for what concerns the intra-country analysis. In addition there is a (however slow) tendency for countries to de-specialise in terms of exports. The sector-wise results display convergence both in terms of - and )-convergence.	en_US
dc.format.extent	35 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Aalborg University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DRUID;96-14
dc.subject.other	Technological change, cumulativeness, international export specialisation patterns, national	en_US
dc.title	The Long Term Development of OECD Export Specialisation Patterns:	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt10jul02 siso	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Innovation og Organisationsøkonomi	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INO	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INO	en_US
dc.idnumber	8778730147	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Aalborg	en_US
dc.publisher.year	1996	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	De-specialisation and “Stickiness”	en_US