technological catching up is stronger, the larger the technology gap with the alternative view that technological catching up is … strongest at a medium technology gap. The closer the South is to the technology frontier, the more beneficial is a higher income … share of foreign capital. The speed of technology diffusion is higher in small economic regions with high population …

This paper introduces intra- and inter-sectoral technology diffusion via FDI and imports into a recursive-dynamic CGE … from 2012 on constant. Due to ongoing energy efficiency gains, partly stemming from international technology diffusion …

reductions from FDI inflows, which is consistent with the hypothesis of energy saving technology transfer via FDI. However, such …

in the long-run. However, the degree to which the North-South technology gap can be narrowed depends crucially on the … innovations in the South narrows the technology gap only in the short-run. An optimal development policy requires more capital to …, the absorptive capacity rises steadily with the aim to close the technology gap completely. Our results show that an …

An innovative model describing the convergence of technology use at the micro level is introduced. ICT (information and … communication technology) ownership, measured as the number of smartphones within a household, depends upon socioeconomic character …