Applied Statistics Workshop: Dany Bahar on Wed., April 4 - gov3009-l

2 Apr 2012

Dear all,

Please join us for the Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009) this
Wednesday, April 4 from 12.00 - 1.30 pm in CGIS Knafel Room 354. Dany
Bahar<http://scholar.harvard.edu/dbaharc/content/dany-bahar-0>-0>,
a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will give
a presentation entitled "International Knowledge Diffusion and the
Comparative Advantage of Nations". As always, a light lunch will be
provided.

Abstract:

...
  In this paper we document that the probability that a
product is added to
 a country's export basket is, on average, 65% larger if a neighboring
 country is a successful exporter of that same product. We interpret our
 result as evidence of international intra-industry knowledge diffusion. Our
 results are consistent with the overall consensus in the literature on
 technology spillovers: diffusion is stronger at shorter distances; is
 weaker for more knowledge-intensive products; and has become faster over
 time. 

This is joint work with Ricardo Hausmann and Cesar Hidalgo.

An up-to-date schedule for the workshop is available at
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/1208.

Best,
Konstantin

-- 
Konstantin Kashin
Ph.D. Student in Government
Harvard University

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