Date: 1995
Type: Thesis
Empirical studies on the relationship between trade and innovation
Florence : European University Institute, 1995, EUI, ECO, PhD Thesis
WAKELIN, Katharine, Empirical studies on the relationship between trade and innovation, Florence : European University Institute, 1995, EUI, ECO, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/5109
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The aim of this thesis is to analyse the importance of technology in influencing the trade performance of developed countries. Normally, attempts to explain the objective of this thesis meet with two distinct reactions. The first reaction, that of non-economists, is that differences in technology between countries seem an obvious explanation for differences in trade performance, and that the importance of technology is surely not a controversial issue. The second reaction, that of most economists, is ’why technology’, and how can differences in technology across countries possibly be more than a short run phenomenon. The reason for the difference in these reactions clearly lies with economic theory which, at least as far as neo-classical trade theory is concerned, has made strong assumptions concerning technology. Neo-classical trade theory has been based on the assumption of constant technology across countries, explicitly ruling out differences in technology as a source of trade. Hence the surprised reaction of most economists to the idea of considering differences in technology as a determinant of trade performance.
Additional information:
Defence date: 30 September 1995; Examining board: Prof. Fabio Canova, University of Catania and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Supervisor ; Prof. Giovanni Dosi, University "La Sapienza", Rome ; Prof. Jan Fagerberg, NUPI, Oslo ; Prof. Luc Soete, MERIT, Maastricht, Co-Supervisor ; Prof. Robert Waldmann, E.U.I.; PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017; First made available in Open Access: 07 May 2024
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/5109
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/794211
Series/Number: EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: International trade -- Econometric models; Commerce; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
Published version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/26257