Abstract
I use the 1994 OECD Structural Analysis database, which provides statistics on output for 33 manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries over the period 1970 to 1993. I find that in 1970, these countries tended to specialize manufacturing production in very different industries and that most countries retained their specialization between 1970 and 1993. I conclude that the general stability in industries of specialization over time lends support to the increasing internal returns to scale models and tends to contradict the standard factor-price equalization models. The results of this paper also suggest that increasing internal returns to scale and learning-by-doing may serve as a complement to patent protection and other forms of intellectual property rights.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 194-205 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Unknown Journal |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial relations
- General Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Strategy and Management
- Law