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On the Quantity and Quality of Knowledge : The Impact of Openness and Foreign Research and Development on North-North and North-South Technology Spillovers
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2013
to total factor productivity (TFP) for North-North and North-South trade-related knowledge diffusion, with quantity … can obtain larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. …
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Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion : Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data
Kraay, Aart; Soloaga, Isidro; Tybout, James - 2013
What mechanisms most frequently transmit foreign technologies to developing country firms? Do these foreign technologies affect both productive efficiency and product quality in the recipient firms? Under what circumstances do firms pursue activities that give them access to foreign knowledge?...
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2012
The authors analyze the role of international technological diffusion for firm-level technological innovations in several developing countries. Their findings show that, after controlling for firm, industry, and country characteristics, exporting and importing activities are important channels...
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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the Natural Trading Partners Hypothesis
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2013
total factor productivity (TFP) in the South. Specifically, it examines the impact on TFP in the Republic of Korea, Mexico …-level data, they find that (1) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional: Korea benefits mainly from trade …
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Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries : Unilateral and Multilateral Policy Options
Hoekman, Bernard M.; Maskus, Keith E.; Saggi, Kamal - 2013
The authors analyze national and international policy options to encourage the international transfer of technology, distinguishing between four major channels of such transfer: trade in products, trade in knowledge, foreign direct investment, and intra-national and international movement of...
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Product Innovation by Incumbent Firms in Developing Economies : The Roles of Research and Development Expenditures, Trade Policy, and the Investment Climate
Lederman, Daniel - 2012
A model of firm innovation illustrates the effects of the threat of imitation and product varieties on a representative firm's decision to invest in research and development to produce new product varieties. The model motivates two empirical questions: (1) Is research and development partially...
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Heterogeneous Technology and Panel Data : The Case of the Agricultural Production Function
Mundlak, Yair; Butzer, Rita; Larson, Donald F. - 2012
augmenting the role of capital, in combination with productivity gains, as a driver of agricultural growth. The results indicate … that total factor productivity increased at an average rate of 3.2 percent, accounting for 59 percent of overall growth …
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New Product Technology, Accumulation, and Growth
Khan, Faruk A. - 2012
for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth …
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Boosting Productivity via Innovation and Adoption of New Technologies : Any Role for Labor Market Institutions?
Scarpetta, Stefano; Tressel, Thierry - 2013
The authors present empirical evidence on the determinants of industry-level multifactor productivity growth. They … leaders tend to pull ahead of the others. The link between R&D activity and productivity also depends on technological … characteristics of the industries: while there is no evidence of R&D boosting productivity in low-tech industries, the effect is …
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The Role of Technological Change in Green Growth
Popp, David - 2013
By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...
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