Measuring a Country's Product Ladder and Technology Level based on Trade Flow

This study tries to quantify the technology level of products based on the concept of product ladder. While many studies on country technology competitiveness use the aggregate indices such as total factor productivity and revealed comparative advantage, this study estimates the ranking of about 200...

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Main Authors: Jong-il Kim, Sung-ah Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2006-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2006.10.1.152