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International Consumption Patterns among High‐income Countries: Evidence from the OECD Data *
Author(s) -
Kónya István,
Ohashi Hiroshi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
review of international economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-9396
pISSN - 0965-7576
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2007.00676.x
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , economics , convergence (economics) , estimation , benchmark (surveying) , high income countries , econometrics , product (mathematics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , international economics , developing country , macroeconomics , economic growth , geography , computer science , social science , geometry , mathematics , management , geodesy , sociology , artificial intelligence
Abstract This paper examines the effect of economic integration on the product‐level consumption patterns across the OECD in the past decade. Estimation results find evidence of strong convergence in cross‐country consumption patterns with substantial heterogeneity across products and countries. The results are robust to either the benchmark choice, data selection, or the choice of model specification. In addition to documenting convergence, the paper relates the volume of international trade to cross‐country consumption patterns.

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