Trade, innovation and agglomeration. A case study for Colombia

Authors

  • Grace Carolina Guevara-Rosero Profesor, Departamento de Economía Cuantitativa, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-1443

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.155.3383

Keywords:

trade, population, innovation, Colombia, regional

Abstract

This paper focuses on the relationship between imports, innovation and population agglomeration within regions in Colombia. The main aim is to identify the source of trade that shapes the relationship between innovation and agglomeration, by distinguishing imports ac­cording to levels of technological intensity. This study attempts to bridge two factors that have been studied separately: trade on the one hand; science, technology and innovation activity (STI), on the other. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, the Least Square Dummy Variable estimator with robust standard errors was employed. The results show that the technological intensity of imports has an impact on the agglomeration effect of STI activity. Moreover, the effect of STI activity on intra-regional agglomeration conditioned by imports varies according to regional characteristics.

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Published

2020-02-05

How to Cite

Trade, innovation and agglomeration. A case study for Colombia. (2020). Estudios Gerenciales, 36(155), 156-166. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.155.3383