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Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Arizala, Francisco; Bellon, Matthieu; MacDonald, Margaux - 2019
This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic conditions of others. Estimates show that in the...
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Growth Convergence and Spillovers Among Indian States : What Matters? What Does Not?
Sodsriwiboon, Piyaporn - 2010
Convergence and spillovers across countries and within countries are old, but recurrent policy concerns, and India is no exception to this rule. This paper examines convergence and spillovers across Indian states using non-stationary panel data techniques. Results on convergence among Indian...
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Regional Growth in Mexico : 1970-1993
Juan-Ramon, V. Hugo - 1996
This paper finds convergence of real per capita GDP in Mexico’s states and regions during the period of higher average national per capita growth (1970-85), and divergence during the lower-growth period (1985-93). These results hold across states and regions and within regions. The poorest...
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Centripetal forces in China's Economic Take-Off
Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha - 2000
This paper uses provincial time series data from China to empirically investigate two propositions relating to economic development: (i) that economic takeoff is associated with technological transfer through foreign direct investment (FDI); and (ii) that takeoff is accompanied, at least in the...
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Knowledge spillovers from superstar tech-firms : the case of Nokia
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Chérif, Réda; Hasanov, Fuad; … - 2021
Do workers hired from superstar tech-firms contribute to better firm performance? To address this question, we analyze the effects of tacit knowledge spillovers from Nokia in the context of a quasi-natural experiment in Finland, the closure of Nokia's mobile device division in 2014 and the...
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International technology sourcing and knowledge spillovers : evidence from OECD countries
Chen, Sophia; Dauchy, Estelle - 2018
innovation using more than 1.5 million patents granted to firms in OECD countries. We test the 'international technology sourcing …' hypothesis that foreign innovation activities tap into foreign R and D and improve home productivity through knowledge spillovers …
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International knowledge spillovers
Eugster, Johannes L.; Ho, Giang; Jaumotte, Florence; … - 2018
How important is foreign knowledge for domestic innovation outcomes? How is this relation shaped by globalization and … domestic innovation. Controlling for the amount of domestic R and D, we find evidence that increases in international … competitive pressure at the industry level had a positive effect on domestic innovation outcomes …
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International RandD Spillovers
Helpman, Elhanan - 1993
The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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Safe-haven Korea? : spillover effects from UMPs
Ree, Jack Joo K.; Choi, Seoeun - 2014
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International corporate governance spillovers : evidence from cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Albuquerque, Rui; Brandao Marques, Luis; Ferreira, Miguel A. - 2013
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