Browsing by Author "Bahar, Dany"

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Essays on the Transmission and Diffusion of Productive Knowledge in International Economics

Bahar, Dany (2014-06-06)

Numerous empirical studies have shown the difficulties associated with the transmission of knowledge and the limitations of its diffusion process. What are the implications of these difficulties and limitations to international ...
International Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

Bahar, Dany; Hausmann, Ricardo; Hidalgo, Cesar A (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)

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 ...