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R&D Spillovers and Export Performance: Evidence from the OECD Countries

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Recent empirical literature on trade performance has emphasised the role played by domestic R&D in boosting international competitiveness. These models, based on technology-related theories of trade, find empirical support for this hypothesis. In this paper we go further and test whether trading partners' R&D has a positive effect on domestic exports through trade-related international R&D spillovers. We find support for the hypothesis that R&D spillovers increase competitiveness of the trading partners. This has important implications for recent theories of growth that emphasise the role of international trade as the main factor promoting technology diffusion and growth.

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  • Miguel León-Ledesma, 2000. "R&D Spillovers and Export Performance: Evidence from the OECD Countries," Studies in Economics 0014, School of Economics, University of Kent.
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    R&D spillovers; export functions; panel cointegration;
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    JEL classification:

    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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