Inducing Saudi high-tech exports : role of public R and D and foreign technology

Abstract EN

This study investigates the separate role of public R and D and foreign technology channels, presented by FDI and high-tech imports, and their complementary roles in inducing high-tech exports.

the ARDL approach is used to estimate this impact using Saudi data over the period (1992-2016).

the findings confirm the superiority of public R and D over the considered foreign technology channels in the short run, while in the long run the role of R and D is only evident in the joint effect with FDI and high-tech imports to absorb the foreign technology transferred by these channels.

the findings also confirm the significance of high-tech imports in the long run, individually or jointly with R and D, while FDI is only significant when it interacts with public R and D.

JEL Classification: F1; F23; L63; O3.