A Trading Nation: analytical methodology note
An analytical methodology note produced to accompany the publication of A Trading Nation - a plan for growing Scotland's exports
Footnotes
1 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-export-performance-monitor/
2 ONS, UK trade in goods and productivity: new findings (2018) https://www.escoe.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ESCoE-DP-2018-09.pdf
3 OECD, Trade and employment in a fast-changing world (2012) https://www.oecd.org/site/tadicite/50286917.pdf
4 OCEA analysis based on the Small Business Survey Scotland 2017 https://www.gov.scot/publications/small-business-survey-scotland-2017/
5 Kiriyama, N. (2012), "Trade and Innovation: Synthesis Report", OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 135, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/5k9gwprtbtxn-en.
6 OECD, ‘Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries’ (Feb 2003)
7See Helpman (2016) for an overview of the evidence. http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/helpman/files/globalization_and_wage_inequality_120216_final_for_wp.pdf
8 DIT National survey of registered businesses exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2017, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dit-national-survey-of-registered-businesses-exporting-behaviours-attitudes-and-needs-2017
9 BIS, International trade and investment: the economic rationale for government support, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-economic-benefits-of-support-for-international-trade-and-investment
10Fraser of Allander Institute, Reappraising Scotland’s exports and their geographies: Brexit and beyond https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/departmentsubject/economics/fraser/vol42no3/FAI_Economic_Perspectives-Reappraising_Scotland_exports.pdf
11 OCEA calculations based on Whole of Scotland economic accounts found here: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/SNAP/satelliteaccounts
12 Export Statistics Scotland 2017, https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Exports/ESSPublication
13ONS, UK SIC 2007 https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/ukstandardindustrialclassificationofeconomicactivities/uksic2007
14 ONS, Consumer price inflation tables, https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/datasets/consumerpriceinflation
15 Scottish Government, Business, Enterprise and Energy Statistics https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business
16 HMRC UK Trade Info, www.uktradeinfo.com
17 Export Statistics Scotland 2017, https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Exports/ESSPublication
18 Details of the EBOPS classification can be at UN Stats, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Family/Detail/101
19 Scottish Government, Businesses in Scotland 2018, https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate
20 ONS, Importers and exporters by regional breakdown, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/datasets/annualbusinesssurveyimportersandexportersregionalbreakdown
21 HMRC also publish estimates for number of exporters in Scotland but this relates to companies trading goods only - https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx
Contact
Email: stefan.hoyte@gov.scot
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