@techreport{Schiff2004North,
abstract = {Based on static analysis, a number of studies argue that forming a RTA is more likely to raise
welfare if member countries are ?natural trading partners,? while other studies claim the
opposite. This paper considers the argument from a dynamic viewpoint by examining the
impact of trade with Japan, North America and the EU on technology diffusion and TFP in
Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion
and productivity gains tend to be regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from
trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version of the ?natural trading
partners? hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland.},
author = {Maurice Schiff and Yanling Wang},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O39; F15; F13; F02; F43; 330; North-South technology diffusion; productivity; regional integration; natural trading partners; Korea; Mexico; Poland; Nord-S\"{u}d-Beziehungen; Technologietransfer; Handelsregionalismus; Produktivit\"{a}t; Welt},
language = {eng},
number = {1384},
title = {North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the ?Natural Trading Partners? Hypothesis},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20680},
year = {2004}
}
