North-South and South-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: How Important Are They in Improving TFP Growth?

• Tác giả: Maurice Schiff
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 609.17 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 303076
• Chủ đề: 1. Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140; 2. Diffusion Processes O330; 3. International Linkages to Development; 4. Role of International Organizations O190; 5. Technological Change: Choices and Consequences

Tóm tắt

 This paper examines the impact on total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the South of North-South and South-South trade-related technology diffusion and of foreign direct investment (FDI). North-South and South-South trade-related research and development (R&D) stocks are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South and South-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main findings are: 1. both North-South and South-South trade-related R&D have a positive impact on TFP growth in the South
  2. FDI has a positive, though smaller, impact on TFP growth
  and 3.the impact on TFP growth of trade-related technology diffusion increases with the level of education in the case of North-South trade but not in the case of South-South trade.