La variedad y la calidad de las exportaciones españolas

Within the European context the Spanish economy has a comparatively low value for exports as a percentage of GDP. The objective of the current paper is to find out whether this is due to a smaller variety of exports (extensive margin), a smaller value of products actually exported (intensive margin) or the fact that exports are of a lower quality and price (qualitative margin). The outcome of our analysis reveals that the three margins make a positive contribution in order to explain this phenomenon. The use of disaggregated data of the Spanish exports allows us to analyze the exporting position of the main regional economies.