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http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.EAER.2019.23.2.360

Specialization, Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth  

Cho, Jaehan (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET))
Ge, Zhizhuang (China Institute of Finance and Capital Market)
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East Asian Economic Review / v.23, no.2, 2019 , pp. 169-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
Productivity in agriculture or services has long been understood as playing an important role in the growth of manufacturing. In this paper we present a general equilibrium model in which manufacturing growth is stimulated by non-manufacturing sectors that provides goods used in both research and final consumption. The model permits the evaluation of two policy options for stimulating manufacturing growth: (1) a country imports more non-manufacturing goods from a foreign country with higher productivity and (2) a country increases productivity of domestic non-manufacturing. We find that both policies improve welfare of the economy, but depending on the policy the manufacturing sector responses differently. Specifically, employment and value-added in manufacturing increase with policy (1), but contract with policy (2). Therefore, specialization of the import non-manufactured goods helps explain why some Asian economies experience rapid growth in the manufacturing sector without progress in other sectors.
Keywords
Firm Heterogeneity; Firm Innovation; Economic Growth; Specialization; Unbalanced Sector Growth;
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