We introduce a tractable model of endogenous growth in which the returns to innovation are determined by the technology … adoption decisions of the users of new technologies. Technology adoption involves an implementation investment that determines … the initial productivity of a new technology. After implementation, learning increases the productivity of a technology to …

-up mechanism through capital accumulation where technology is embodied in new capital goods. Using a putty-clay model of production …

We survey research on the relationship between technology and trade. We begin with the old literature, which treated … the state of technology as exogenous and asked how changes in technology affect the trade pattern and welfare. Recent … research and development. This allows one to examine not only how technology affects trade, but also how trade affects the …

these shortcomings by focusing on technological learning-by-doing: the notion that it takes workers time using a technology …

This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has … between productivity and exports, and exploiting heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United …

compare decentralization--where the business unit using the technology makes licensing decisions--to centralized licensing … technology markets favors centralization and drives higher licensing rates. Our model conforms to the existing evidence that …

Capital equipment - such as computers and industrial machinery - embodies skill-biased technology, in the sense that it … skill-biased technology. In this paper we develop a tractable quantitative model of international trade in capital goods to …

equal access to new technologies, this mismatch between skills and technology can lead to sizable differences in total … factor productivity and output per worker. Our theory also suggests that productivity differences should be highest in medium …