This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model … where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The … theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries …

-friendly technologies and encourages technology transfer. The CDM has provided financial support for a large share of Chinese wind projects …

This paper explores the possibility of international technology transfer in lieu of trade in a model with absolute and … comparative advantage. Countries having absolute advantage in producing a good may offer that technology to a possible trading … partner against a fee and both the countries might gain. Thus, gains from trade might be dominated by gains from technology …

Firm-to-firm relationships in global value chains create opportunities for North-South technology diffusion. This paper … studies technology transfer in value chains when contracts are incomplete and input production technologies are imperfectly … imitation of its supplier’s technology. In inclusive value chains, where imitation is beneficial, the headquarters firm promotes …

This paper studies the causal effect of technology and knowledge transfers on early industrial development. Between … that receiving both Soviet technology and know-how had large, persistent effects on plant performance, while the effects of …

implement or they target younger children. We partner text-messaging technology with school information systems to automate the … this technology to send automated text-message alerts to parents about their child's missed assignments, grades and class … increases parent monitoring. Our results show that this type of automated technology can improve student effort relatively …

This paper examines how product market competition affects firms' timing of adopting a new technology as well as …. When goods are differentiated enough, adoption occurs later than it is socially optimal. -- technology adoption …