(Indirect) Input Linkages

Marcela Eslava, Ana Cecília Fieler and Yi Xu ()

American Economic Review, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, 662-66

Abstract: Relative to backward firms, technologically-advanced firms source inputs from other advanced firms. These sourcing patterns lead to a magnification effect of technology adoption. A firm that adopts higher-technology increases the relative supply and demand for higher-technology inputs. As a result, it positively influences the technology of other firms in its production chain. Using data from a Colombian manufacturing survey, we provide evidence that advanced firms disproportionately value advanced inputs. More novel, we provide suggestive evidence that technological advancements in some firms increase the technology of other firms indirectly linked to them through a common input market.

JEL-codes: L14 L60 O14 O32 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151122
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