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The Great Divide: The Paths of Industrial Competitiveness in Brazil and South Korea

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  • João Prates Romero

    (PhD Candidate, Land Economy Department, University of Cambridge)

  • Elton Freitas

    (PhD Candidate, Cedeplar-UFMG)

  • Gustavo Britto

    (Cedeplar-UFMG)

  • Clara Coelho

    (Research Assistant, Cedeplar-UFMG)

Abstract

The present paper expands the approach developed by Hidalgo et al. (2007), Hausmann et al. (2007) and Hidalgo and Hausmann (2009) to analyse the relationship between structural change and economic sophistication. To do so, the paper shows product space networks for each decade since the 1960’s and analyses revealed comparative (dis)advantages indictors for Brazil and South Korea from the 1960s to 2000s. The results show that although having similar per capita GDPs in the beginning of the series, South Korea achieved faster growth than Brazil by specialising in high sophistication, technology intensive goods.

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  • João Prates Romero & Elton Freitas & Gustavo Britto & Clara Coelho, 2015. "The Great Divide: The Paths of Industrial Competitiveness in Brazil and South Korea," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG 519, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
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    Keywords

    Economic Complexity; Capabilities; Product Space; Brazil; South Korea.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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