Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry

Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry

Theories of international trade assume that all countries use similar and exogenous technologies in the production of any good. This paper relaxes this assumption. The marriage of literatures on biased technical change and trade yields a tractable...

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Main Authors: Cusolito, Ana P., Lederman, Daniel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
BANK LENDING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
CODES
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPONENTS
COMPUTER INDUSTRY
COMPUTERS
COST FUNCTIONS
DATA PROCESSING
DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
DIGITAL
DIGITAL DATA
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
EMPLOYMENT
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
EXTERNALITIES
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FIXED COST
GDP
GLOBAL MARKET
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
INSURANCE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR ORGANIZATION
MACROECONOMICS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COST OF PRODUCTION
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKUP
MEDIA
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
NATIONAL INCOME
NET EXPORTS
OPEN ECONOMIES
OUTPUTS
PC
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PROCESSORS
PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
R&D
RESULT
RESULTS
SAN
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED WORKERS
SUPPLIERS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE BALANCE
UNSKILLED LABOR
USES
WAGES
WEB
WORLD TRADE
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4236

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4236

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