Economic Development as Self-Discovery

By Ricardo Hausmann, Dani Rodrik. 2003

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From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy (2014, background): “This kind of question obviously lies at the heart of the agenda of the so-called New Industrial Policy developed in particular by Rodrik (2004, 2007), Hausmann and Rodrik (2003), Trajtenberg (2002, 2012) as well as Aghion (2012) and Aghion et al. (2011).”
Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Learning and Innovation in Developing Countries (2008, background): “…with and provides a microeconomic basis for the newly emerging approach that describes economic development as a process of “self-discovery” (Hausmann & Rodrik, 2003), where the diversification of the productive structure through a process of discovery plays a central role, often…”
Diversification, Innovation, and Imitation Inside the Global Technological Frontier (2006, background): “5 The connections between Imbs and Wacziarg (2003) and the process of discovery were first suggested by Hausmann and Rodrik (2003b).”
Industrial Policy for the Twenty-First Century (2004, background): “…the use to which the subsidy would be put—an investor might as well use it for purposes that provide direct consumption benefits— renders the first-best policy intervention largely of theoretical interest.3 In Hausmann and Rodrik (2003), we recommend generically a carrot-and-stick strategy.”
Is There a Case for Industrial Policy? A Critical Survey (2006, positive): “This suggests that in economies where firms face substantial entry barriers, the underinvestment problem noted by Hausmann and Rodrik (2003) is not likely to be serious.”
Doing Growth Diagnostics in Practice: A 'Mindbook' (2008, background): “This process, which Hausmann and Rodrik (2003) called self-discovery, suffers from informational externalities as the innovator incurs some costs on which imitators can free ride.”
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (2013, background): “For example some have argued that entrepreneurial entry may be suboptimal due to the externalities that may justify ‘self-discovery’ through supporting innovation by SMEs and new firm start-ups, for example by reducing regulations and requirements or providing subsidized credit (Hausmann and Rodrik ”