01814cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016035 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513519227 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Papageorgiou, Chris. Quality Upgrading and Export Performance in the Asian Growth Miracle / Chris Papageorgiou, Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Nikola Spatafora. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (33 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 We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. We focus on measuring the impact of quality upgrading on the changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature, our approach allows estimation without employing domestic production data. Our results point to quality upgrading being a key driver of export shares. Mode of access: Internet Perez-Sebastian, Fidel. Spatafora, Nikola. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/259 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/259/001.2019.issue-259-en.xml IMF e-Library