Can countries create comparative advantages? R&D expenditures, high-tech exports and country size in 19 OECD countries, 1981-1999

Pontus Braunerhjelm and Per Thulin ()

International Economic Journal, 2008, vol. 22, issue 1, 95-111

Abstract: This paper analyses how increased R&D expenditures and market size influence the distribution of comparative advantage. Previous studies report ambiguous results and also refer to periods when markets where much more segmented and production factors less mobile. The empirical analysis comprises 19 OECD-countries and spans the period 1981 to 1999. It is shown how an increase in R&D-expenditures by one percentage point implies a three-percentage point increase in high-technology exports, whereas market size fails to attain significance. In addition, institutional factors influence the dynamics of comparative advantage.

Keywords: dynamic comparative advantage; R&D; market size; institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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