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100			_aDaniels, Peter
245			_aEconomic gains from technology-intensive trade: an empirical assessment
260			_c1999
300			_ap.427-47
362			_aJul
520			_aNational investment in technological activity is commonly justified in terms of the positive impacts upon productivity, international competitiveness and related aspects of national economic performance. This premise has found a supportive theoretical framework in the new technology and growth models. Based on extended technology-gap models, this study examines cross-country empirical evidence on the relationship between technology-intensive trade performance (as a proxy for technological output) and per capita economic performance, utilising 1978 to 1992 data for around 45 nations. The results provide some support for a positive relationship between trade performance and economic returns. However, the weak and often inconsistent results suggest that the unconditional pursuit of technology-intensive trade improvements may not necessarily have the expected net benefits. - Reproduced
650			_aEconomic growth
773			_aCambridge Journal of Economics
909			_a41926
999			_c41926 _d41926