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Hausmann, Ricardo; Hwang, Jason; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

When local cost discovery generates knowledge spillovers, specialization patterns become partly indeterminate and the mix of goods that a country produces may have important implications for economic growth. We demonstrate this proposition formally and adduce some empirical support for it. We...

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Specialization Patterns and the Factor Bias of Technology

Cuñat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Development accounting exercises based on an aggregate production function find technology is biased in favour of a country's abundant production factors. We provide an explanation to this finding based on the Heckscher-Ohlin model. Countries trade and specialize in the industries that use...

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What's So Special About China's Exports?

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Much more than comparative advantage and free markets have been at play in shaping China's export success. Government policies have helped nurture domestic capabilities in consumer electronics and other advanced areas that would most likely not have developed in their absence. As a result, China...

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Globalization, Growth and Distribution in Spain 1500-1913

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Rosés, Joan R.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

and labour productivity are all linked to factor endowments, to one where (endogenous) productivity change embedded in …, a country which had relatively poor productivity growth in agriculture and low living standards prior to 1800, was a … productivity after 1898. …

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International R&D Spillovers

Coe, David T; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

Investment in research and development (R&D) affects a country's total factor productivity. Recently new theories of … total factor productivity of its trade partners. Following these theoretical developments we estimate the effects of a … country's R&D capital stock and the R&D capital stocks of its trade partners on the country's total factor productivity. We …

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Multinationals, Endogenous Growth and Technological Spillovers: Theory and Evidence

Baldwin, Richard; Braconier, Henrik; Forslid, Rikard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

FDI has received surprisingly little attention in theoretical and empirical work on openness and growth. This paper presents a theoretical growth model where MNCs directly affect the endogenous growth rate via technological spillovers. This is novel since other endogenous growth models with...

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Learning and Dynamic Comparative Advantage: Lessons from Austria's Post-war Pattern of Growth for Eastern Europe

Marin, Dalia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper looks at Austria's pattern of development and its lessons for Eastern Europe. Austria's development path is characterized by three features. In the post-war era Austria was among the countries with the fastest convergence rate. At the same time Austria's movement up the technological...

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International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers

Keller, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper examines how international flows of technological knowledge affect economic performance across industries and firms in different countries. Motivated by the large share of the world's technology investments made by firms that are active across borders, we focus on international trade...

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Does Idiosyncratic Business Risk Matter?

Michelacci, Claudio; Schivardi, Fabiano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

companies) perform relatively worse (in terms of productivity, investment, and business creation) in sectors characterized by … and dispersion of productivity growth. …

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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; Tybout, James R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to...

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