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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okr-10986-42362021-04-23T14:02:16Z Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry Cusolito, Ana P. Lederman, Daniel 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 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 theory, which predicts that differences in factor endowments and intellectual property rights bias technical change toward particular factor intensities, and thus unit factor input requirements can vary across economies. Using data on net exports of a single industry, computers, intellectual property rights and factor endowments for 73 countries during 1980-2000, the paper shows that once technological choices are considered, countries with different factor endowments can become net exporters of the same product. 2012-03-19T19:12:22Z 2012-03-19T19:12:22Z 2009-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090909090956 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4236 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5043 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region |
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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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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 Cusolito, Ana P. Lederman, Daniel Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5043 |
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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 theory, which predicts
that differences in factor endowments and intellectual
property rights bias technical change toward particular
factor intensities, and thus unit factor input requirements
can vary across economies. Using data on net exports of a
single industry, computers, intellectual property rights and
factor endowments for 73 countries during 1980-2000, the
paper shows that once technological choices are considered,
countries with different factor endowments can become net
exporters of the same product. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Cusolito, Ana P. Lederman, Daniel |
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Cusolito, Ana P. Lederman, Daniel |
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Cusolito, Ana P. |
| title |
Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
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Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
| title_full |
Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
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Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
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Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry |
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technology adoption and factor proportions in open economies : theory and evidence from the global computer industry |
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2012 |
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