02018cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013551 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484351635 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Henn, Christian. Export Quality in Developing Countries / Christian Henn, Chris Papageorgiou, Nikola Spatafora. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper develops new, far more extensive estimates of export quality, covering 178 countries and hundreds of products over 1962-2010. Quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early stages of development, with quality convergence largely completed as a country reaches upper middle-income status. There is significant cross-country heterogeneity in quality growth rates. Within any given product line, quality converges both conditionally and unconditionally to the world frontier; increases in institutional quality and human capital are associated with faster quality upgrading. In turn, faster growth in quality is associated with more rapid output growth. The evidence suggests that quality upgrading is best encouraged through a broadly conducive domestic environment, rather than sector-specific policies. Diversification is important to create new upgrading opportunities. Mode of access: Internet Papageorgiou, Chris. Spatafora, Nikola. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/108 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/108/001.2013.issue-108-en.xml IMF e-Library