Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and expor...

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Main Author:	Kerr, William R.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	TRADE EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PATENTS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRATION NETWORKS ETHNIC MINORITY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32170

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spelling	okr-10986-321702021-05-25T10:54:42Z Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns Kerr, William R. TRADE EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PATENTS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRATION NETWORKS ETHNIC MINORITY Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across US cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries. The instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter’s productivity growth is between 1.6 and 2.4, depending upon weighting. This provides an important contribution to the trade literature of Ricardian advantages, and it establishes a connection of migration to home country exports beyond bilateral networks. 2019-08-05T18:58:13Z 2019-08-05T18:58:13Z 2018-02-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32170 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research United States
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topic	TRADE EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PATENTS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRATION NETWORKS ETHNIC MINORITY
spellingShingle	TRADE EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PATENTS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRATION NETWORKS ETHNIC MINORITY Kerr, William R. Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
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description	Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across US cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries. The instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter’s productivity growth is between 1.6 and 2.4, depending upon weighting. This provides an important contribution to the trade literature of Ricardian advantages, and it establishes a connection of migration to home country exports beyond bilateral networks.
format	Journal Article
author	Kerr, William R.
author_facet	Kerr, William R.
author_sort	Kerr, William R.
title	Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
title_short	Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
title_full	Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
title_fullStr	Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
title_full_unstemmed	Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
title_sort	heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32170
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

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