Technology and Bilateral Trade

Jonathan Eaton () and Samuel Kortum ()

Boston University - Institute for Economic Development from Boston University, Institute for Economic Development

Abstract: We develop a Ricardian model to explore the role of trade in spreading hte benefits of innovation. The theory delivers an equation for bilateral trade that, on its surface, resembles a gravity specification, but identifies underlying parameters of technology. We estimate the equation using trade in manufactures among the OECD. The parameter estimates allow us to simulate the model to investigate the role of trade in spreading the benefits of innovation and to examine the effects of lower trade barriers. Typically foreigners benefit by only a tenth as much as the innovating country, but in some cases the benefits to close neighbors approach those of the innovator.

Date: 1997-09
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