Technology innovation and the duration of export competitiveness

On the basis of CEPII-BACI trade data from 2001 to 2018, this study examined the impact of technology innovation on the duration of China's manufacturing export competitiveness by using the discrete time model. Results showed that the innovation behaviour can effectively improve the duration of export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. An increase in the innovation input by 1% can reduce the risk of decline in manufacturing export competitiveness by 9.3%, and an increase in innovation intensity by 1% can increase the duration of manufacturing export competitiveness by 6.4%. Evidence on innovation output also supports this conclusion.