This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical economic literature on the innovation effect of international trade …. To this end, we focus on technological innovation that targets product characteristics. We highlight three main channels … through which international trade can affect innovation by domestic firms: increasing market size, intensifying market …

Based on ß and o convergence analysis, we find a high persistence of innovation gaps for international innovation …

"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …