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Does technology adoption matter for economic development? : an empirical evidence for Latin American countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
Extraordinary spread of new information and communication (ICTs) technologies has been recognized worldwide. ICTs are …. At a time, existence of extend causal relationships between technology diffusion and general economy performance is … communication technologies (ICTs) adoption and dynamics of economic growth and development in Latin American countries. Preliminary …
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DOES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MATTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Lechman, Ewa - Wydział Zarządzania i Ekonomii, Politechnika Gdańska - 2013
Extraordinary spread of new information and communication (ICTs) technologies has been recognized worldwide. ICTs are …. At a time, existence of extend causal relationships between technology diffusion and general economy performance is … communication technologies (ICTs) adoption and dynamics of economic growth and development in Latin American countries. Preliminary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696692
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Does Technology Adoption Matter for Economic Development? An Empirical Evidence for Latin American Countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
technologies (ICTs) adoption and dynamics of economic growth and development in Latin American countries. Preliminary we consider … ICTs diffusion patterns in Latin American countries, approximating the diffusion process by S-shaped curves and estimating … there is any quantitative relationship between ICTs adoption dynamics and economic growth and development; and we wish to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147301
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Distance to the Pre-industrial Technological Frontier and Economic Development
Özak, Ömer - 2018
This research explores the effects of distance to the pre-industrial technological frontiers on comparative economic development in the course of human history. It establishes theoretically and empirically that distance to the frontier had a persistent non-monotonic effect on a country's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940315
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Structural Development Accounting
Gancia, Gino Alessandro; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, … - National Centre of Competence in Research - Financial … - 2011
We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities:[...]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486844
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Complexity, specialization, and growth
Ferrarini, Benno; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation, where increased complexity could exert either a positive or a negative effect on the level of output but always a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734166
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Technological progress and its contribution to economic development
Ewa, Lechman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
fostering economic development worldwide. The author identifies some crucial aspects of the ICTs adoption in developing, as well … in developed, countries. To assess the hypothetical role of ICTs in development, there are 3 summary indices applied … - TAI, DAI and DOI. In the paper the potencial strength of the ICTs on the level of development is estimated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108856
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Complexity, Specialization, and Growth
Ferrarini, Benno; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation, where increased complexity could exert either a positive or a negative effect on the level of output but always a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507385
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Productive capabilities : an empirical investigation of their determinants
Daude, Christian; Nagengast, Arne; Perea, Jose Ramon - 2013
Recent contributions to the growth literature have argued that the structure of an economy, as measured by its productive capabilities, is a key determinant for inter-country differences in development. Productive capabilities have been shown to be highly predictive of future economic growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230700
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Ramsey model of barriers to growth and skill-biased income distribution in South Africa
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2005
barriers to technology adoption leading to skill - biased economic growth and worsened income distribution. The result is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533511