A Global View of Creative Destruction
47 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2019
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A Global View of Creative Destruction
A Global View of Creative Destruction
Date Written: November 2019
Abstract
In the wake of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, both the U.S. and Canada experienced a sustained increase in job reallocation, including firms moving into exporting. The change involved big firms as much as small firms. To mimic these patterns, we formulate a model of innovation by both domestic and foreign firms. In the model, trade liberalization quickens the pace of creative destruction, thereby speeding the flow of technology across countries. The resulting dynamic gains from trade liberalization are an order of magnitude larger than the gains in a standard static model.
JEL Classification: F11, F14, F43
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