scholarly journals International Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Bahar ◽  
Ricardo Hausmann ◽  
Cesar Hidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
International Knowledge

scholarly journals Neighbors and the evolution of the comparative advantage of nations: Evidence of international knowledge diffusion?

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Bahar ◽  
Ricardo Hausmann ◽  
Cesar A. Hidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
International Knowledge

scholarly journals FDI and International Knowledge Diffusion: An Examination of the Evolution of Comparative Advantage

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaobin Fan ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Lin Pan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Spatial Correlations ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Spatially Correlated ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Autoregressive ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
Source Countries ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the role of FDI in international knowledge diffusion with a focus on the evolution of the comparative advantage of FDI-host and FDI-source countries. We use data on 99 countries, which leads to 876 country pairs, over the 2001 to 2012 period. Spatial autoregressive (SAR) models are used to investigate the impact of bilateral FDI on the similarity of the comparative advantage between the host and source countries. Empirical results show that the effect of the bilateral FDI on the evolution of the comparative advantage of the host and source countries is statistically significant. Specifically, the larger the scale of bilateral FDI, the more similar the comparative advantage between the host and source countries becomes. We also find that the impact of FDI on international knowledge diffusion is heterogeneous across country pairs and this effect varies across the development gap between the source and host countries. In the case of countries that are not very different in terms of their level of economic development, bilateral FDI has a relatively more significant effect on the similarity of the comparative advantage between countries. Moreover, we find that the similarity of the comparative advantage is spatially correlated, and FDI linkages between country pairs strengthen the spatial correlations.

scholarly journals Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Bahar ◽  
Hillel Rapoport
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion

scholarly journals Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

2018 ◽  
Vol 128 (612) ◽  
pp. F273-F305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Bahar ◽  
Hillel Rapoport
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion

The determinants of international knowledge diffusion as measured by patent citations

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan MacGarvie
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Patent Citations ◽  
International Knowledge

scholarly journals Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Bahar ◽  
Hillel Rapoport
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion

scholarly journals Do return requirements increase international knowledge diffusion? Evidence from the Fulbright program

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1304-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shulamit Kahn ◽  
Megan MacGarvie
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
International Knowledge

R&D SUBSIDIES, INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION, AND FULLY ENDOGENOUS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1816-1838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Davis ◽  
Ken-ichi Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Imperfect Knowledge ◽  
International Knowledge

This paper investigates the effects of R&D subsidies on aggregate product variety and endogenous productivity growth without scale effects. In a two-country model with imperfect knowledge diffusion, the larger country has a greater share of firms with higher productivity levels. The concentration of relatively productive firms increases knowledge flows between firms, causing an increase in firm-level employment in innovation. Accordingly, the aggregate growth rate is higher when counties are asymmetric than when they are similar in size. The larger scale of firm-level innovation activity reduces market entry, however, and aggregate product variety falls. In this framework, national R&D subsidies have positive effects on the industry share, relative productivity, and wage rate of the implementing country. If the smaller country introduces an R&D subsidy, aggregate product variety rises and productivity growth falls. If the larger country introduces an R&D subsidy, productivity growth rises, but aggregate product variety may rise or fall.

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