This paper investigates whether inflows of FDI and innovative activities act as a channel of knowledge spillovers in improving quality of countries' output. In measuring export quality, sophistication of a country's export basket is utilized. Utilizing panel data of countries for the period 2002-2015 and applying GMM methodology, the results indicate that the level of financial development, the quality of human capital and globalization of a country have a determinant role on the relation between knowledge spillover channels and the quality of exports. Patent applications generally positively affect sophistication of exports. FDI serves as a channel for knowledge spillovers to benefit the sophistication level of exports only for developed, more educated, financially developed and globalized countries.

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外商直接投资和专利是否会推动出口的复杂化？面板数据方法

本文研究外国直接投资和创新活动的流入是否作为知识溢出的渠道，以提高国家产出的质量。在衡量出口质量时，利用了一个国家出口篮子的复杂程度。利用2002-2015年国家的面板数据并应用GMM方法，结果表明金融发展水平，人力资本质量和一个国家的全球化对知识溢出渠道与质量之间的关系起决定性作用。出口。专利申请通常会对出口的复杂性产生积极影响。外国直接投资作为知识溢出的渠道，仅对发达，受过高等教育，金融发达和全球化的国家有利于出口的成熟水平。