Schiff, MauriceWang, Yanling2012-03-192012-03-192009-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4023This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words, the dynamic version of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis holds for these countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOAUTOMOBILECAPITAL STOCKSCOMPUTINGCURRENCYDATA AVAILABILITYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDYNAMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC INTEGRATIONELASTICITYELECTRICAL MACHINERYEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE OF GOODSFEDERAL RESERVEFEDERAL RESERVE BANKFIXED CAPITALFUTURE RESEARCHGLOBAL ECONOMYHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINDEXESINDUSTRIAL COUNTRIESINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDINVENTORYIRONMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMULTILATERAL TRADEOUTPUTPETROLEUM REFINERIESPOLITICAL ECONOMYPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTIVITYR&DRAW DATAREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADERESULTRESULTSSTANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONTECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGETECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERSTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADING SYSTEMVALUE ADDEDWAGESWEBWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4826