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This paper examines how technology specialization, measured by citations-weighted patents, affects trade flows. The paper analyzes (i) the relationship between technology specialization and export specialization across regions and (ii) how the technology specialization of origin and destination...
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My purpose in this paper is to analyze how offshoring of intermediate goods affects different occupational groups in … come in the form of offshoring, where imported inputs either substitute or complement specific job tasks in the domestic … show that more high-technology offshoring increases the cost share of employees with cognitive occupations. More low …
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In this paper, we analyze the relationship between knowledge accessibility and regional economic growth in Sweden. The research question we ask in this paper is the following: can the variation between regions in knowledge accessibility in a given period explain the variation in the growth...
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Knowledge is maintained as a core variable for growth in a large set of contemporary theories. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between knowledge accessibility and regional growth. The knowledge resource used in our model R&D conducted at universities and in companies. A precise...
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The rapid globalization in recent years has created a radically new competitive situation for the rich industrialized countries. Newly industrialized countries and not least China have become more and more successful in penetrating the markets in the rich industrialized countries with...
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We use longitudinal data over a decade on start-ups and employment in Swedish regions and analyze the effect of start-ups on subsequent employment growth. We extend previous analyses by examining the influence of regional start-ups in a sector on regional employment growth in the same sector and...
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The rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and the increased use of ICT motivate the vision of an evolving digital economy. During the last decade this evolving digital economy has been the pre-eminent driver of structural change and economic growth at both the...
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National concerns are sometimes raised against offshoring of economic activities to other countries. While most of the … the Swedish manufacturing sector to analyze how offshoring impacts domestic R&D and how these effects vary with respect to … target region and type of firm. The results suggest that offshoring of production alter a firm’s investments in R&D in Sweden …
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In this paper, we analyze how the offshoring of services by Swedish firms is affected by corruption in target economies … service offshoring. Firms avoid corrupt countries, and corruption reduces the amount of offshored services. In addition, the …
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for offshoring. Firms avoid corrupt countries and, given that destination country has been chosen it reduces the volume of …
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