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What best transfers knowledge? Capital, goods, and labor in East Asia

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This paper compares three knowledge carriers–trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), and labor (inventors)–as knowledge mediums, and investigates their effects on knowledge flow in East Asia from 1996 to 2010.

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  • Kang, Byeongwoo, 2016. "What best transfers knowledge? Capital, goods, and labor in East Asia," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 69-71.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:139:y:2016:i:c:p:69-71
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.004
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    Keywords

    Foreign direct investment; Knowledge flow; Personnel mobility; Trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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