Innovation, Diffusion, and Trade: Theory and Measurement

Ana Maria Santacreu

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Abstract: Growth and imports are correlated across countries, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are not well understood. I develop a multi-country model in which imports and growth are connected by technological innovations and their international diffusion through trade. Fitting the model to data on innovation, productivity, and trade in varieties, I find that most of the growth-imports correlation is explained by these two mechanisms. I also find that the trade channel has been particularly important in developing countries, accounting for about three-fourths of their growth. Finally, I run counterfactuals analysis.

Keywords: Trade; productivity; innovation; technology diffusion; growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F43 O30 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12-07
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