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Technology and Trade: An Analysis of Technology Specialization and Export Flows

This paper examines how technology specialization, measured by citations-weighted patents, affects trade flows. The paper analyzes (1) the relationship between technology specialization and export specialization across regions and (2) how the technology specialization of origin and destination affect the size and structure of link-specific export flows.