Share of New Products in Incumbent Export Value

Exporter-level information on export transactions from the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database. The dataset provides the standard deviation of the share of new products in the total export value of incumbent firms, an indicator of export diversification and firm-level innovation. It is compiled by the World Bank from customs data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the volatility of new product introduction by incumbent exporters using the 'Share of New Products in TEV of Incumbents: StDev' indicator.
• Modeling the relationship between export diversification and economic resilience at the country-year level.
• Benchmarking national export performance by comparing the standard deviation of new product shares across countries.

Strengths

• Data originates from official customs transaction records.
• Provides a standardized indicator for cross-country comparison.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• The calculation methodology for the standard deviation indicator is not detailed.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database

Collection Method

Compiled from customs-level export transaction data.

Geography

Country-level coverage, specific countries unknown.