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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages 96-99Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.03.022
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Information and communication technology (ICT) development; R&D intensity; Task complexity; Comparative advantage
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This paper uses country-level ICT data and bilateral trade data in 2013 to test whether cross-country differences in ICI' can be a source of comparative advantage in international trade. Empirical results show that a country's export in one industry increases 10 percent if the country's ICT development index increases 1 standard deviation (SD) and industry's R&D intensity increases 1 SD. The export increase is 25 percent in the case of task complexity. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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