全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP7572 The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP7572
	DP7572 The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations
	Akos Valentinyi; John Bluedorn; Michael Vlassopoulos
发表日期	2009-11-22
出版年	2009
语种	英语
摘要	How large are spatial barriers to transferring knowledge? We analyze the international operations of multinational firms to answer this fundamental question. In our model firms can transfer bits of knowledge to their foreign a¢ liates in either embodied (traded intermediates) or disembodied form (direct communication). Knowledge transfer costs interact with the knowledge intensity of production to determine the geographic structure of multinationals' input sourcing as well as its competitiveness in foreign markets. The model shows how data on observable trade costs and features of multinationals' global operations reveal the size and nature of knowledge transfer costs. Our empirical analysis confirms the model's predictions using firm-level data, quantifies the aggregate implications of the model for the structure of multinationals' operations, and demonstrates that transfer costs shape the knowledge content of intra-firm trade flows.
主题	Development Economics ; Industrial Organization ; International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Communication Foreign direct investment Intra-firm trade Multinational firms Noncodified knowledge Offshoring Technology transfer Vertical production sharing
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp7572
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/536409
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Akos Valentinyi,John Bluedorn,Michael Vlassopoulos. DP7572 The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations. 2009.