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Determinants of Economic Complexity: A Global Evidence of Economic Integration, Institutions, and Internet Usage

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  • Canh Phuc Nguyen

    (University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH)
    Health and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH))

  • Christophe Schinckus

    (University of the Fraser Valley)

  • Thanh Dinh Su

    (University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH))

Abstract

This study examines the influence of Internet development, institutional quality, and economic integration on economic complexity defined as the productive capabilities of a country and represented by Economic Complexity Index (ECI). Because ECI looks to explain the knowledge accumulation in the population and expressed in economic activities, this indicator is often used as a predication for economic growth. Analyzing a panel of 89 countries over the period 2002–2016, our empirical results show that Internet development, institutional quality, and trade openness are key drivers of economic complexity. Our empirical findings lead us to suggest that for the least developed countries, trade openness would help to boost economic complexity while FDI inflows may not be of any benefit. However, for middle-income countries, their technology absorption capacity is higher; as such, both trade openness and FDI inflows can contribute to their expansion of economic complexity. Nonetheless, for most developed countries, economic integration appears to exert (economically insignificant) negative effects on economic complexity. The results, which are checked by a battery of robustness tests also confirm that institutional quality is the major determinant of production fitness.

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  • Canh Phuc Nguyen & Christophe Schinckus & Thanh Dinh Su, 2023. "Determinants of Economic Complexity: A Global Evidence of Economic Integration, Institutions, and Internet Usage," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(4), pages 4195-4215, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jknowl:v:14:y:2023:i:4:d:10.1007_s13132-022-01053-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s13132-022-01053-3
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    Keywords

    Economic complexity; Internet; Institutional quality; Trade openness; Panel data;
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    JEL classification:

    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements

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