international diffusion through trade. Fitting the model to data on innovation, productivity, and trade in varieties, I find that … most of the growth-imports correlation is explained by these two mechanisms. I also find that the trade channel has been …

explores the scope of learning effects via North-South trade by offering quantitative measures of coefficient of differences in … trade. Constructing technology appropriation parameters and indigenous and foreignsourced R&D via trade-mediated spillover … to the recipients, it shows that North-South trade flows could lead to product sophistication of exports via enhancement …

Africa (SSA). Data from 19 exporter countries was used together with communication costs data in a gravity model of trade … setup. The export data derive from the IMF Direction of Trade and the COMTRADE databases, while the communication cost data … an important factor in bilateral trade in the region. Communications have a significant negative effect on export …

micro-firm levels, focusing on the role of international integration through trade and direct investment. The analysis … within a framework of cross-country panel regression shows that trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows …) confirms the positive effect of trade and investment integration on plant-level productivity growth. It also suggests the …

Global value chains offer countries unique opportunities to participate in and benefit from international trade by … chains positively impacts their growth; a positive impact which is driven by trade in commodities, knowledge intensive good …

micro-firm levels, focusing on the role of international integration through trade and direct investment. The analysis … within a framework of cross-country panel regression shows that trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows … effect of trade and investment integration on plant-level productivity growth. It also suggests that the relationship between …

country's trade openness, ie importing R&D-intensive (IT) goods from abroad. This contrasts to what occurs for less advanced …