Technology and International Trade

Technology plays an increasingly significant role in competitiveness in the global marketplace. This text consists of essays - theoretical as well as empirical - and studies the relationships between technology, growth, international competitiveness and employment. It aims to show that international competitiveness and market share are determined by R&D efforts and technological advantages relative to other producers, which applies to high-tech sectors and others as well. It goes on to provide some evidence for the importance of home market size for competitiveness and for the role of proximity and existing trade flows for stimulating dispersion of new knowledge. Theoretical issues discussed include the implications for growth of technical progress as a learning process and of the degree of openness of the economy. There is an examination of the role of multinationals as vehicles for technology diffusion, of monetary policy in a growth context and the efforts of technical progress on the demand for labour, skilled as well as unskilled. This work should be of interest to academics, particularly those in the fields of international trade, economic growth, industrial organization and technology.

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Productivity growth and shifting comparative advantage on the industry level, Edward N. Wolff; technical progress, capital accumulation and changing international competitiveness, Patrik Gustavsson et al; competitiveness, scale and R&D, Jan Fagerberg; technology, employment and trade - perspectives on european integration, Bart Verspagen and Katherine Wakelin; new theory and evidence on the standard good hypothesis, Arne Melchior; dynamic comparative advantages in a Ricardian model, Jorgen Drud Hansen; trade and growth - a survey, Steve Dowrick; knowledge inflow to Sweden - does geography and international trade matter?, Frederick Sjoholm; decentralization of research and development by multinational companies - determinants and future prospects, Steven Globerman; Growth enhancing policies in a small open economy, Anders Sorensen; a monetary, open economy, R&D growth model, Juha Honkatukia; trade, technology and changes in employment of skilled labour in Swedish manufacturing, Par Hansson.

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