TECHNOLOGY AND WORLD TRADE: PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM

By CHARLES SANCHEZ

LESSONS FROM EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION THROUGH TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PART I LITERATURE SURVEYS ECONOMETRIC VERSUS CASE STUDY APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, LINKAGES, AND TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS PLANT- AND FIRM-LEVEL EVIDENCE ON “NEW” TRADE THEORIES PART II FOREIGN TRADE AND PRODUCTIVITY ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF KNOWLEDGE: THE IMPACT OF OPENNESS AND FOREIGN R&D ON NORTH-NORTH AND NORTH-SOUTH TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS CONTENTS THE KNOWLEDGE CONTENT OF MACHINES: NORTH-SOUTH TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION EXPORTS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM A PANEL OF CHINESE ENTERPRISES PART III FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND PRODUCTIVITY FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CZECH ENTERPRISES TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE CHOICE OF ENTRY MODE BY FOREIGN INVESTORS DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF DOMESTIC FIRMS? IN SEARCH OF SPILLOVERS THROUGH BACKWARD LINKAGES PRODUCT QUALITY, PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY, AND INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION: EVIDENCE FROM PLANT-LEVEL PANEL DATA MARKET DISCIPLINE AND CORPORATE EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM BULGARIA INNOVATION IN MEXICO: NAFTA IS NOT ENOUGH