What best transfers knowledge?: capital, goods, and innovative labor in East Asia

Byeongwoo Kang ()

No 538, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: This paper compares three knowledge carriers—trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), and inventors—as knowledge mediums, and investigates their effects on knowledge flow in East Asia from 1996 to 2010. Using patent citations as a proxy for knowledge flow, this paper shows that FDI and inventor mobility have positive effects on increasing patent citations in East Asia when the technological portfolios of two countries are less similar. While trade shows statistical significance, the effect is inconsistent according to the regression models.

Keywords: East Asia; Technology transfer; Technology trade; Human resources; Foreign investments; International trade; Foreign direct investment; Knowledge flow; Personnel mobility; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F4 J6 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10-01
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