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. There are striking differences depending on technology, especially among trade in high-, medium- and low-tech goods …
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integration, the level of technology and the technological competitive position can, to a large degree, explain these two puzzles. …
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of technology in shaping international trade flows. We find that, on average, absolute advantage measured as productivity …
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The effects of technology on economic growth and development have been an area that many economists have focused on … of the study is to determine the direction of the net effect of technology for the determined country groups. In such a … way that, by increasing productivity, technology is the most important factor in solving the world's scarce resources …
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Empirical evidence shows that R&D spending is highly correlated with firm productivity, highly concentrated among large firms, and responsive to trade liberalization. This paper develops a model of product upgrading with heterogeneous firms that captures these characteristics by allowing firms...
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We modify the standard trade model introducing the possibility of biased technological changes. This model help to explain the falling labor shares as well as the mixed changes in skill premium in developing countries after trade liberalization takes place
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This paper presents a dynamic general equilibrium model of trade between two advanced countries in which both innovation and skill acquisition rates are endogenously determined. The model offers a North-North (as opposed to a North-South) trade explanation for increasing relative wage...
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the complex role played by technology in affecting the relationship between … technology is analysed by taking into account both the technological intensity of offshoring industries and that of their GVC …
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We extend the standard economic geography model by introducing regional differences in technology levels and by …
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Since the fostering of trade liberalization in the 1990s, conventional trade barriers, such as tariffs, have been dropping steadily worldwide. Under the WTO regime, member countries are unable to impose higher tariff rates than the bound rates, and the effective tariff rates have been decreasing...
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