Convergence and polarization in global income levels: a review of recent results on the role of international technology diffusion

G Gong, W Keller - Research Policy, 2003 - Elsevier
We review the recent literature on technological change and diffusion to shed new light on
the evolution of the world's cross-country income distribution. Technology is viewed as non …

Multinational enterprises, international trade, and productivity growth: firm-level evidence from the United States

W Keller, SR Yeaple - The review of economics and statistics, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
We estimate international technology spillovers to US manufacturing firms via imports and
foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our …

Trade policy, trade volumes and plant-level productivity in Colombian manufacturing industries

AM Fernandes - Journal of international economics, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper explores a period of substantial variation in trade policy across industries in
Colombia (1977–1991) to examine whether increased exposure to foreign competition …

Firms in international trade: Importers' and exporters' heterogeneity in Italian manufacturing industry

D Castellani, F Serti, C Tomasi - World Economy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Combining data on structural characteristics and economic performance for a large sample
of Italian firms with data on exporting and importing activity, we uncover evidence supporting …

Firm-level productivity studies: illusions and a solution

H Katayama, S Lu, JR Tybout - International Journal of Industrial …, 2009 - Elsevier
Applied economists often wish to measure the effects of policy changes (like trade
liberalization) or managerial decisions (like R&D expenditures or exporting) on firm-level …

Export orientation and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa

T Mengistae, C Pattillo - IMF Staff papers, 2004 - Springer
Abstract Analysis of firm-level panel data from three Sub-Saharan African economies shows
that export manufacturers have an average total factor productivity premium of 17 percent. In …

[PDF][PDF] 两种技术引进方式的直接效应研究

朱平芳, 李磊 - 经济研究, 2006 - erj.cn
内容提要: 本文根据上海市大中型工业企业技术引进的实际情况, 借助于新古典增长理论的分析
框架, 研究了技术贸易和FDI 两种主要的技术引进方式的直接效应. 通过对1998—2003 …

Why plant-level productivity studies are often misleading, and an alternative approach to interference

H Katayama, S Lu, JR Tybout - 2003 - nber.org
Applied economists often wish to measure the effects of managerial decisions or policy
changes on plant-level productivity patterns. But plant-level data on physical quantities of …

International diffusion of embodied and disembodied technology: A network analysis approach

HY Shih, TLS Chang - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2009 - Elsevier
This study proposes a quantitative method for investigating the structure of international
technology diffusion. By using network analysis, this study defines the structural …

Imports, technology, and employment: Job creation or creative destruction

C Sharma, RK Mishra - Managerial and Decision Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the employment impact of technology by using firm‐level survey data
for a large number of developing countries. We not only examine the impact of technology …