@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7765, author={Batista, Catia and Potin, Jacques}, title={Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World}, year={2013}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={7765}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7765}, abstract={Recent research has documented a U-shaped industrial concentration curve over an economy's development path. How far can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher-Ohlin model using industry data on 44 developed and developing countries for the period 1976-2000. Decomposing the implied changes in industrial concentration over time shows that at least one third of these changes seems to be explained by a Rybczynski effect. This result suggests that capital accumulation led poor countries to diversify their industrial production, while rich countries made their production more concentrated in highly capital-intensive industries.}, keywords={specialization;diversification;Heckscher-Ohlin;economic growth and international trade;industrial concentration;structural change}, }