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Export Similarity Index and Applications by gastanto7731 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document presents a measure of export similarity that can be used to analyze various topics in international economics. The measure compares the commodity composition of exports from two countries or groups to a third market. It is calculated using international trade data from the OECD. The document applies the measure to compare export patterns between countries/groups in the 1960s and 1970s. It finds that US and EEC export patterns were similarly diversified in the 1970s, and that Japan

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