Technology Adoption and Factor Proportions in Open Economies : Theory and Evidence from the Global Computer Industry

Theories of international trade assume that all countries use similar and exogenous technologies in the production of any good. This paper relaxes this assumption. The marriage of literatures on biased technical change and trade yields a tractable...

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Main Authors: Cusolito, Ana P., Lederman, Daniel
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
PC
R&D
SAN
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090909090956
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4236