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Sectoral specialisation and growth rate differences among integrated economies

Lorentz, André (contributor) - 2004

This paper addresses the question of sectoral specialisation mechanisms and effects on growth rate differences … providing an alternative approach to endogenous growth processes. The framework we choose draws on the Kaldorian cumulative … causation approach to growth and the evolutionary modelling of technical change and industrial dynamics. The framework developed …

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How provincial is your region? : Effects on labour productivity in Europe

Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper estimates the determinants of labour productivity in European NUTS regions during 1989-1996. Unlike previous studies, which have focussed either on local technological capabilities or on agglomeration economies, we compare three potential explanations of regional advantages:...

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Growth, structural change and technological capabilities : Latin America in a comparative perspective

Cimoli, Mario; Holland, Márcio; Porcile, Gabriel; … - 2006

accumulation. The present article studies international convergence and divergence, linking structural change with trade and growth …&D intensive sectors allows achieving higher rates of growth in the long term and increases the capacity to respond to demand … changes. A virtuous export-led growth requires laggard countries to reduce the technological gap with respect to more advanced …

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ICT, skills, and organisational change : evidence from a panel of Italian manufacturing firms

Giuri, Paola (contributor); Torrisi, Salvatore (contributor) - 2006

This paper explores how firms' skills and organizational change affect the returns from investments in ICT. Our work contributes to the literature by testing the hypothesis of complementarity in a panel of 540 Italian manufacturing firms during 1995-2000. By drawing on different statistical...

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Alternative theories on economic growth and the co-evolution of macro-dynamics and technological change : a survey

Llerena, Patrick (contributor); Lorentz, André (contributor) - 2004 - Version 1.01 : December 2003

This paper aims to propose an approach to endogeneous growth considering the relationship between macro-dynamics and … formal representation of the growth process and identifies the possible bridges between these two approaches. Our claim is … technical change. -- Economic Growth ; Technical Change ; Cumulative Causation ; Evolutionary Theory …

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Growth with equity : economic policymaking for the next century

Baily, Martin Neil - 1993

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Technology economic growth and public policy : a Rand Corporation and Brookings Institution study

Nelson, Richard R.; Peck, Merton Joseph; Kalachek, Edward D. - 1967

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Emerging Africa : how 17 countries are leading the way

Radelet, Steven C. - Center for Global Development <Washington, DC>; … - 2010

Since 1995, 17 African countries have defied expectations and have launched a remarkable, if little-noticed, turnaround, Emerging Africa describes this revitalization and why it is likely to continue. --

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Local and divergent patterns of technological learning within (partly) globalized markets : is there anything new? ; And what can policies do about it? ; A concise guide

Dosi, Giovanni (contributor); Castaldi, Carolina (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

In this work, we present an assessment of the nature and impact of current "globalizing" tendencies at various levels of observation. The evidence in this respect suggests that it has mostly concerned financial flows (especially short-term ones); to some extent trade flows; and only to very...

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Physical and social technologies, and their evolution

Nelson, Richard (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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