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Untapped Potential And High-Tech Trade: The Case Of Asean-6 Countries’ Exports

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  • Nguyen Khanh Doanh

    (International School, Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam)

  • Ha Trong Quynh

    (International School, Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam)

  • Nguyen Thi Thanh Xuan

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Hong Duc University)

Abstract

This study aims to quantify the impact of untapped export potential on ASEAN-6 countries’ high-tech exports for the 2006-2016 period. Our innovative aspect sheds new light on the relationship between the untapped export potential in the previous year and export performance in the current year. Using a system GMM estimator, we found several significant results. Firstly, untapped export potential in the last year has a positive impact on ASEAN-6 countries’ high-tech exports in the current year. Secondly, the effect of untapped export potential on ASEAN-6 countries’ high-tech exports depends on supply competencies (ASEAN-6 countries’ human capital and research and development capability) and the bilateral linkage (importing countries’ trade barriers and institutional similarity between ASEAN-6 countries and importing countries). Thirdly, supply competencies are the most important when ASEAN-6 countries export high-tech goods to high-income countries. In contrast, the bilateral linkage is the most crucial when ASEAN-6 countries ship high-tech products to low-income countries. Measures to enhance human capital, upgrade research and development capability, promote trade liberalization, and minimize the institutional distance with the trading partners are the remedy for ASEAN-6 countries to tap the untapped potential.

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  • Nguyen Khanh Doanh & Ha Trong Quynh & Nguyen Thi Thanh Xuan, 2022. "Untapped Potential And High-Tech Trade: The Case Of Asean-6 Countries’ Exports," Ekonomski pregled, Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista (Croatian Society of Economists), vol. 73(6), pages 931-955.
    • Handle: RePEc:hde:epregl:v:73:y:2022:i:6:p:931-955
    DOI: 10.32910/ep.73.6.5
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    Keywords

    Untapped potential; high-tech exports; ASEAN; supply competencies; bilateral linkage.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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