Geography, international trade and technological diffusion
Author
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2002, Issue 201-240 (31 Dec. 2002)14 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2002-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
International trade has been considered as a mechanism for knowledge diffusion that offers the opportunity to improve technological capabilities of importing countries.
By importing capital goods from developed countries, developing countries could achieve their economic development despite their insufficient investments in technology.
Many studies dealing with this subject provide strong empirical evidence of technological externalities contributing to the economic openness of these countries.
In this paper, we suppose first that, regardless of prices and policy tariffs, imports could also be explained by geographic factors.
We try to explain the intensity of knowledge diffusion by the geographic location of importing countries with regard to their trading partners.
Under the hypothesis that the knowledge diffused has the characteristic of a public good, our estimations show that importing from the nearest G6 countries allows more knowledge spillovers for some developing countries, however we conclude that geographic location of importing countries is not the only factor that determines the intensity of technological diffusion.
Knowledge spillovers also depend on the evolution of the geographic structure of imports for these countries and on the kind of goods they import (knowledge intensive or not).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rezgui, Sami. 2002. Geography, international trade and technological diffusion. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2002, no. 201-240.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rezgui, Sami. Geography, international trade and technological diffusion. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 201-240 (Dec. 2002).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-148440
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rezgui, Sami. Geography, international trade and technological diffusion. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2002. Vol. 2002, no. 201-240.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-148440
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Record ID
BIM-148440