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

We examine empirically whether countries with relatively little production and export experience specialize in the production and export of more standardized and lower-technology products, and those with more production experience produce and export more recently developed and higher-technology prod...

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Published in:Journal of international economics 2004-12, Vol.64 (2), p.465-483
Main Authors: An, Galina, Iyigun, Murat F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exports
Foreign trade
Human capital
International economics
Intra-industry
Learning-by-doing
Panel surveys
Productivity
Trade
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Summary:We examine empirically whether countries with relatively little production and export experience specialize in the production and export of more standardized and lower-technology products, and those with more production experience produce and export more recently developed and higher-technology products. Using panel data covering 127 countries and the period between 1970 and 1997, we find that export experience does help to account for the variation in export content. Exporting experience influences a country's export mix more than its production experience, suggesting that there may be a trade-induced component of learning by doing in foreign trade specialization.
ISSN:0022-1996
1873-0353
DOI:10.1016/j.jinteco.2003.11.001