The export technology content, learning by doing and specialization in foreign trade

An, Galina; İyigün, Murat

doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2003.11.001

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“…Overall, our findings strongly suggest that that learning‐by‐exporting results in higher technical efficiency in line with the literature on learning by exporting (e.g. Pack and Saggi, 1997; An and Iyigun, 2004). In addition we find that catch‐up plants are characterized by large size and conglomerate ownership, although these results are less conclusive.…”

Section: The Determinants Of Technical Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 90%

The Micro‐dynamics of Catch‐up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing

Dijk

Szirmai

2011

Review of Income and Wealth

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In this study we analyze the micro‐dynamics of catch‐up in Indonesian paper manufacturing, using a two‐country plant‐level dataset for the period 1975–97. We apply data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure to what extent Indonesian paper mills are catching up with Finnish mills in terms of technical efficiency. Three questions are addressed: What is the distribution of Indonesian plant technical efficiency vis‐à‐vis the technological frontier? What is the role of entry, exit, and survival in Indonesia for catch‐up in the paper industry as a whole? In what ways do catching‐up plants in Indonesia differ from non‐catching‐up plants? We find that on average the Indonesian paper industry moved closer to the technological frontier during the 1990s. However, catch‐up has been a highly localized process in which only a few large establishments have achieved near best‐practice performance, while most other plants have stayed behind.

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Section: The Determinants Of Technical Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 90%

The Micro‐dynamics of Catch‐up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing

Dijk

Szirmai

2011

Review of Income and Wealth

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“…The increase in per-capita manufacturing exports triggered by a weaker currency might activate a virtuous cycle of foreign trade-driven learning-by-doing processes that cumulatively promote the growth of technological capabilities. This, in turn, could contribute to gradually increasing the average technology content of exports (An and Iyigun 2004), and hence create the background for increasing competitiveness in the more sophisticated segments of the tradable sector. This process will likely enhance the resilience of import-competing industries to cope with an appreciation of the domestic currency in the long run (ECLAC 2012).…”

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The Danger of a “Geyser Disease” Effect: Structural Fragility of the Tourism-Led Recovery in Iceland

Macheda

Nadalini²

2019

Review of Radical Political Economics

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The fall of the Icelandic economy in 2008 highlighted the destructive effects of unbridled markets. Yet, in recent years Iceland’s annual growth rates have been significantly higher than those of the overwhelming majority of advanced capitalist countries. The aim of this article is to delve into the fragile foundations that the current Icelandic economic boom rests on. We argue that the impressive appreciation of the Icelandic króna, triggered by the rapid expansion of tourism, has made the rapid absorption of unemployment compatible with price stability during the recovery period. By restricting sources of international competitiveness, however, this tourism-led recovery strategy will render the current level of unemployment and real wages inconsistent with internal and external equilibrium in the long run. JEL classification: E24, F31, J24, O33, B51

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“…This generates positive externalities and spillovers in the rest of the economy, as more efficient management and organizational styles, labor force training and improved production techniques are adopted (Feder, 1983). In addition, exporting experience seems to be significant in determining the export mix, which suggests that there may be a trade-induced component of learning-by-doing in foreign trade specialization (An and Iyigun, 2004). 3 Finally, exporting activity allows foreign exchange constraints to be relaxed, thus permitting increased imports of capital and intermediate goods (Esfahani, 1991 andRiezman et al, 1996).…”

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The causal relationship between equipment investment and infrastructures on economic growth in China

Herrerías

2010

Front. Econ. China

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The export technology content, learning by doing and specialization in foreign trade

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

The Micro‐dynamics of Catch‐up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing

The Micro‐dynamics of Catch‐up in Indonesian Paper Manufacturing

The Danger of a “Geyser Disease” Effect: Structural Fragility of the Tourism-Led Recovery in Iceland

The causal relationship between equipment investment and infrastructures on economic growth in China

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