larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. -- Technology diffusion ; R&D ; openness ; North-South …

We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The … the productivity growth of a particular industry. We show by which institutional mechanism firms are able to share …

This paper suggests that contingent on the productivity level of the trade partner; international trade may create … induced by trade and cross sectoral heterogeneity in productivity distributions, and technology adoption rates leads to …) increases economy wide markup variation, (2) raises mean sectoral productivity, and (3) decreases productivity dispersion within …

This paper examines the impact on total factor productivity of North-South and South-South trade-related research and … impact on total factor productivity, though the former is larger. R&D-intensive industries benefit mainly from North-South R … of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the impact of trade on …