Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/615 
Year of Publication: 
1992
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1992
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 534
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
It has been hypothesized that technical progress will erode the competitiveness of the manufactured exports of developing countries. The paper tests two assumptions underlying this hypothesis. First, limited technological competence might prevent developing countries from competing effectively in industries with rapid technological change. Secondly, increases in labour productivity might reduce the importance of low labour costs as a determinant of competitiveness. This paper presents a crosscountry, cross-industry econometric analysis of the determinants of specialization in trade in manufactures, covering 3 7 industrialized and developing countries. Neither hypothesized relationship is supported by the data.
JEL: 
O33
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
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