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International Trade and Productivity Growth: Exploring the Sectoral Effects for Developing Countries

By Ehsan U. Choudhri, Dalia S Hakura

January 1, 2000

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Ehsan U. Choudhri, and Dalia S Hakura. International Trade and Productivity Growth: Exploring the Sectoral Effects for Developing Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

The paper estimates an empirical relation based on Krugman’s ‘technological gap’ model to explore the influence of the pattern of international trade and production on the overall productivity growth of a developing country. A key result is that increased import competition in medium-growth (but not in low- or high-growth) manufacturing sectors enhances overall productivity growth. The authors also find that a production-share weighted average of (technological leaders’) sectoral productivity growth rates has a significant effect on the rate of aggregate productivity growth.

Subject: Imports, International trade, Production, Productivity, Technology, Technology transfer, Total factor productivity

Keywords: East Asia, Gap in a sector, Growth performance, Imports, Middle East, North Africa, Productivity, Productivity gap, Productivity Growth, S TFP growth, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Technological Gap, Technology lag, Technology transfer, TFP growth rate, Total factor productivity, Trade effect, Trade index, Trade Liberalization, Trade ratio, Trade variable, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    24

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2000/017

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0172000

  • ISBN:

    9781451843521

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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