The Regional Dimension of North-South Trade-Related R&D Spillovers

The Regional Dimension of North-South Trade-Related R&D Spillovers

This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based...

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Main Authors: Schiff, Maurice, Wang, Yanling
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AUTOMOBILE
CAPITAL STOCKS
COMPUTING
CURRENCY
DATA AVAILABILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ELASTICITY
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE OF GOODS
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FIXED CAPITAL
FUTURE RESEARCH
GLOBAL ECONOMY
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDEXES
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
INVENTORY
IRON
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MULTILATERAL TRADE
OUTPUT
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
R&D
RAW DATA
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
RESULT
RESULTS
STANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE DIVERSION
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADING SYSTEM
VALUE ADDED
WAGES
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090130093104
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4023
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Summary:This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words, the dynamic version of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis holds for these countries.

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