DOES TECHNOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION SPUR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS? EVIDENCE FROM PANEL QUANTILE REGRESSIONS

IF 1 Q3 ECONOMICS

Global Economy Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.1142/s219456592050013x

Sidheswar Panda, Ruchi Sharma

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Abstract

In view of the technological advances made by emerging economies, we revisit the role of technological specializations of different economies in determining their exports. Employing revealed technological advantage (RTA) index and revealed symmetric technological advantage (RSTA) index, this study explores the technological specialization of countries in different fields and its contribution to high-technology exports. Technological specializations are operationalized using patent data and further analyzed in context of country’s exports data of 63 countries during 2000–2013. Using panel quantile regressions analysis, this paper finds that technological specialization determines the export performance of countries in different categories. We find that middle-income countries are among the top countries with respect to few fields of technological specializations. Hence, there is a need to change the perspective whereby developing countries are viewed as mere technological follower. This finding has an implication for the role of patents in technological specialization and export performance, both of which are important factors in international competitiveness.

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技术专业化会刺激高科技出口吗?来自面板分位数回归的证据

鉴于新兴经济体的技术进步，我们重新审视不同经济体的技术专业化在决定其出口方面的作用。本文采用揭示性技术优势(RTA)指数和揭示性对称技术优势(RSTA)指数，探讨各国在不同领域的技术专业化及其对高技术出口的贡献。技术专业化使用专利数据进行操作，并在2000-2013年63个国家的国家出口数据的背景下进一步分析。采用面板分位数回归分析发现，技术专业化对不同类别国家的出口绩效具有决定性作用。我们发现，中等收入国家在少数几个技术专业领域名列前茅。因此，有必要改变将发展中国家仅仅视为技术跟随者的观点。这一发现暗示了专利在技术专业化和出口绩效中的作用，这两者都是国际竞争力的重要因素。

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Global Economy Journal ECONOMICS-

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1.60

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14.30%

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