Exporting Ideas: Knowledge Flows from Expanding Trade in Goods

P. Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Timothee Gigout, Matthieu Lequien and M. Melitz
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P. Aghion: College de France, LSE and INSEAD
M. Melitz: Harvard University and NBER

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Abstract: We examine the effect of entry by French firms into a new export market on the dynamics of their patents’ citations received from that destination. Applying a difference-in-differences identification strategy with a staggered treatment design, we show that: (i) entering a new foreign market has a significant impact on the long-run flow of citations; (ii) the impact is mostly driven by the extensive margin; (iii) inventors in destination countries patent mostly in products that do not directly compete with those of the exporting firm; (iv) the spillover intensity decreases with the technological distance between the exporting firm and the destination.

Keywords: International Trade; Spillover; Innovation; Paten (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F14 O33 O34 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Exporting Ideas: Knowledge Flows from Expanding Trade in Goods (2024)
Working Paper: Exporting ideas: Knowledge flows from expanding trade in goods (2023)
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