Robots and Trade Implications for Developing Countries

• Published in: Robots and AI pp. 232 - 274
• Main Authors: Artuc, Erhan, Bastos, Paulo, Copestake, Alexander, Rijkers, Bob
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2023; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Scale Effect; Initial Gdp; EDD; South's Exports; Premature De-industrialization; FDI; Real Gdp; Chain Participation; Bilateral Trade Flows; Southern Exports; Middle Aged Workers; Common Language; MIIT; Complex Production Networks; Ricardian Model; Intermediate Inputs; Robotized Industry; Firm Level Data; EU KLEMS; Automatable Tasks; Ricardian Framework; Developing Countries; North South Trade; China's Subsidies; Substitution Effect

In this chapter, we first use a Ricardian framework to examine the impact on developing countries of robotization in developed countries. Drawing on Artuc, Bastos and Rijkers (2018), in Section 2 we present theory and evidence indicating that robot adoption in the high-wage advanced economies promot...