Export variety and the economic performance of countries

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-218

  Saviotti, Pier Paolo ^a,b   Frenken, Koen ^c  

^a INRA University Pierre Mendes France   (France)

^b GREDEG CNRS   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic development; Path dependence; Related variety; Trade; Unrelated variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149100437     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-007-0081-5     Document Type: Article

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