Hultberg, Patrik T.; Nadiri, M. Ishaq; Sickles, Robin C. - In: Empirical Economics 29 (2004) 4, pp. 753-768
We analyze how technology transfer from a leading economy affects followers’ productivity growth in manufacturing sectors and Gross Domestic Product. Allowing for heterogeneous technology levels we explore how this impacts rates of catch-up in labor productivity across manufacturing sectors...