The paper analyses the impact of knowledge spillovers on output per worker at the industry level using a primal production function approach. The paper make three different contributions in the international spillovers literature: first identifies trade related spillovers under alternative...

Although technological complexity seems to be a crucial determinant of economic development, it remains insufficiently explored. Relying on micro information stored in individual patent applications and by applying the network view of countries linked to the technologies they develop, we create...

Nigerian economy is very sensitive to happenings in the global crude oil market due to Nigeria dependence on the black gold. The recession Nigeria found herself in 2016 was mainly caused by the fall in the international price of crude oil. It is the same factor that also help to explain Buhari...

Developing economies tend to export more skill-intensive products as they become more productive. This paper provides a new tractable, quantitative framework to examine the role of inter-industry productivity spillovers in this development process. I start by documenting that a country’s...

An implication of a globally fragmented production system is that countries which assemble and export high-tech products could reflect a sophisticated export structure while generating low domestic value-added component. Therefore, understanding the relationship between domestic value- added...

Since the 1980s, a common goal of the trade liberalization conducted by developing countries has been to increase manufacturing productivity. The literature has found evidence supporting such an increase in productivity; however, little is known about tariff-induced inter-industry (vertical)...

The relationship between trade liberalization and inequality has received considerable attention in recent years. The first purpose of this paper is to present new results on the sources of wage inequalities in manufacturing taking into account South-South (S-S) trade. Globalization not only...

This paper explores the effects of distance as well as subnational and national borders on international and intranational knowledge spillovers through patent citations across the 39 most patent-cited countries and 319 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) within the U.S. In contrast to previous...

Given the decline in growth momentum in the manufacturing sector in many OECD countries, the role of knowledge-based capital has emerged as a key driver for sustained growth. While empirical studies on estimating knowledge spillovers have usually been undertaken at the country level, the...

The author argues that although the collapse of the Doha “Development” Round in early summer of 2006 was triggered by the refusal of the United States to agree to the reduction of the ceiling on the amount of domestic subsidies paid to the US farmers, there were some fundamental reasons...