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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

How did South Korea go from exporting wigs made from human hair & processed human urine (yes you read that right) to colour TVs? Really enjoyed today's presentation by @jaedochoi.bsky.social & Michael Sposi on export-led growth. Slides & recording available here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/in...

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🆕 How export promotion and technology transfer powered South Korea’s industrialisation Today on VoxDev, Francesco Amodio (McGill), @jaedochoi.bsky.social (UT Austin), Markus Poschke (McGill) & Michael Sposi (SMU) discuss South Korea's industrial transformation: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

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How export promotion and technology transfer powered South Korea’s industrialisation

South Korea’s industrial transformation was driven by the mutually reinforcing promotion of technology adoption and exports – most notably through the Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive – which generat...

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NBER @nber.org · 29/09/2025

US multinational joint ventures in China transfer tech, raising long-term competition and harming other US firms. The over-investment hurt US workers and overall welfare, from @jaedochoi.bsky.social, George Cui, Younghun Shim, and Yongseok Shin www.nber.org/papers/w34284

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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

New working paper: The Dynamics of Technology Transfer: Multinational Investment in China and Rising Global Competition by @jaedochoi.bsky.social, George Cui, Younghun Shim & Yongseok Shin. Link to the paper as well as other working papers of our center: sites.utexas.edu/macro/resear...

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Andrew Greenland @andrewg-phd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

📢CFP Tariffs and Trade Policy: Past, Present, & Future @ncsu: Dec 5, 6, 7 (am) Due: Sept 30 tinyurl.com/2stm2fk7 Papers: 8 + Discuss Keynote: @douglasirwin.bsky.social Panel: Chad Bown +TBD Sponsor: @NSF NEW TARIFF DATABASE 1789-2025 Funding: Flight+Hotel+Food (presenter/discussant)

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Nishaad Rao @nishaadrao.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

My brother's film, Three Threads, is live on YouTube as part of the Bandra Film Festival: youtu.be/qvnAxc8hX6o?... The film follows a weaver in Kutchh who weaves stories of industrialization, deforestation and hope into his tapestries. Give it a watch! #documentary #film #handloom #rannofkutch

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Three Threads | Short Empowering Documentary Film | Pachan Siju | Rohan Rao

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration

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Jaedo Choi @jaedochoi.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Excited to see this paper finally out! It began as my second-year PhD trade class term paper and took 9 years to finish!

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