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

obtain larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. …

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 …

the low labor-productivity growth in the African nations-without reinventing the wheel by estimating the impact of … preferential access trade agreement--the ricochet effect of the trade-induced productivity benefits via intermediates in the … Analysis Project (GTAP) with 27 sectors and 51 regions. The paper shows: (i) role of trade-mediated productivity benefits for …

We examine the extent to which developing countries that do little, if any, research and development themselves benefit … knowledge” from its cumulative R&D activities, a developing country can boost its productivity by importing a larger variety of …