Technology and International Trade

Edited by Jan Fagerberg, Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, Norway, Pär Hansson, Örebro University, Sweden, Lars Lundberg, formerly Research Fellow at the Trade Union Institute for Economic Research (FIEF) and formerly Professor of Economics, University of Umeå, Sweden and Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway

• Contents: Preface Introduction 1. Productivity Growth and Shifting Comparative Advantage on the Industry Level (E.N. Wolff) 2. Technical Progress, Capital Accumulation and Changing International Competitiveness 3. Competitiveness, Scale and R&D (J. Fagerberg) 4. Technology, Employment and Trade: Perspectives on European Integration 5. New Theory and Evidence on the Standard Good Hypothesis (A. Melchior) 6. Dynamic Comparative Advantages in a Ricardian Model (J.D. Hansen) 7. Trade and Growth: A Survey (S. Dowrick) 8. Knowledge Inflow to Sweden: Does Geography and International Trade Matter? (F. Sjöholm) 9. Decentralization of Research and Development by Multinational Companies: Determinants and Future Prospects (S. Globerman) 10. Growth-enhancing Policies in a Small Open Economy (A. Sorensen) 11. A Monetary, Open Economy, R&D-growth Model (J. Honkatukia) 12. Trade, Technology and Changes in Employment of Skilled Labour in Swedish Manufacturing (P. Hansson) Index

'Technology and International Trade will be of interest to academics, particularly those in the fields of international trade, economic growth, industrial organization and technology.'