This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin …–2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and trade's R&D content, and falls with distance to the … America's TFP loss relative to Mexico due to its greater distance to 'US–Canada' (Europe and Japan) is 9.30 (0.02) percent. …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … preceding the Great Recession (1976-2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …-related international technology diffusion. Our model’s explanatory power is 38% (62%) greater than that of the main trade-related (distance …

This paper examines the impact of North-South trade, education, governance and North-South distance, on technology …, and falls with distance to the North; ii) an increase of LAC's ETG to East Asia's levels raises TFP by 165%, fully … gaps; and iv) South America’s loss of TFP relative to Mexico associated with its greater distance to US-Canada (both Europe …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …-related international technology diffusion. Our model's explanatory power is 38% (62%) greater than that of the main trade-related (distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin …-2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and trade's R&D content, and falls with distance to the … America's TFP loss relative to Mexico due to its greater distance to "US-Canada" (Europe and Japan) is 9.30 (0.02) percent. …