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Determinants of Complex Exports: Evidence from Cross-Country Data for 1985-1998

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High- and medium-tech exports (hereafter complex exports), refl ecting a nation’s technological capabilities, can bring a nation larger benefi ts from international trade than simple exports. What determines the complex exports? While the topic is quite important, the quantitative analysis on the issue in the literature has been limited. This paper attempts to close the gap by assessing factors that infl uence a nation’s complex exports with cross-country data for 1985-1998. The estimates suggest the following conclusions: (a) a nation’s industrial technology capability has a signifi cantly positive impact on its complex exports; (b) inward FDI fl ows may help raise per capita value of complex exports, but have no effect on the complex export share in total manufacturing exports; © infrastructure seems to have a positive impact on the complex export share, but no effect on per capita value of complex exports; and (d) the impact of skills on complex exports seems to be weak.

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  • Zhang, Kevin Honglin, 2007. "Determinants of Complex Exports: Evidence from Cross-Country Data for 1985-1998," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 60(1), pages 111-122.
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    1. Edinaldo Tebaldi, 2011. "The Determinants of High-Technology Exports: A Panel Data Analysis," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 39(4), pages 343-353, December.
    2. Mohsen Mehrara & Samaneh Seijani & Abbas Rezazadeh Karsalari, 2017. "Determinants of high-tech export in developing countries based on Bayesian model averaging," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, vol. 35(1), pages 199-215.
    3. Abolfazl Shahabadi & Shiva Amjadian & Samineh Ghasemifar & Masoume Shafieian, 2023. "The effect of the national brand on high-tech exports in selected countries," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-19, December.
    4. Sandip SARKER & Arifuzzaman KHAN & Rezwan MAHMOOD, 2016. "Domestic Credit, School Enrollment & Hi-Tech Exports in Bangladesh," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 11(1), pages 7-23, March.
    5. Mohd. FAYAZ & Sandeep KAUR, 2019. "An Empirical Analysis Of The Determinants Of India’S High-Technology Exports," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 19(2), pages 29-44.
    6. Abdullah Altun & Ilker Ibrahim Avsar & Taner Turan & Halit Yanikkaya, 2023. "Does global value chain participation boost high technology exports?," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(5), pages 820-837, July.
    7. Radovan Kastratović, 2020. "The impact of foreign direct investment on host country exports: A meta‐analysis," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(12), pages 3142-3183, December.

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    Keywords

    Complex Exports; Skills; FDI; Infrastructure; and Industrial Technology Capability;
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    JEL classification:

    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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