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New technologies, global value chains, and the developing economies
Rodrik, Dani - 2018
Many of the exports of developing countries are channeled through global value chains (GVCs), which also act as … globally integrated firms. GVCs and new technologies exhibit features that limit the upside and may even undermine developing …, GVCs make it harder for low-income countries to use their labor cost advantage to offset their technological disadvantage …
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Regional Growth and Development without Scale Effects – a Simple Model of Endogenous Formation of Regions
Gries, Thomas; Heinrich, Tobias - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2004
We present a semi-endogenous model of regional growth and development without scale effects. In this model of a small developing region the world growth rate of technical progress is given. Regional growth is driven by technological change induced by imitation. Imitation is determined by...
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The middle-income transition around the globe : characteristics of graduation and slowdown
Vandenberg, Paul; Poot, Lilibeth; Miyamoto, Jeffrey - 2015
The paper investigates the situation of middle-income economies around the world. Since 1965, only 18 economies with a population of more than 3 million and not dependent on oil exports have made the transition to being high income. Many more have not been able to move beyond the middle-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501267
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More trade, less diffusion : technology transfers and the dynamic effects of import liberalization
Souza, Gustavo Moreira de; Gaetani, Ruben; Mestieri, Martí - 2024
How does international trade affect technology diffusion? We show that tariff increases in Brazil lead to more international technology transfers to Brazilian firms and more citations to foreign patents. The highest increase in citations occurs among firms located near those receiving technology...
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The middle-income transition around the globe: Characteristics of graduation and slowdown
Vandenberg, Paul; Poot, Lilibeth; Miyamoto, Jeffrey - 2015
The paper investigates the situation of middle-income economies around the world. Since 1965, only 18 economies with a population of more than 3 million and not dependent on oil exports have made the transition to being high income. Many more have not been able to move beyond the middle-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011311014
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Culture, diffusion, and economic development
Harutyunyan, Ani; Özak, Ömer - 2016
This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally equivalent. In particular, using a large set of measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528503
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Culture, Diffusion, and Economic Development
Harutyunyan, Ani - 2016
This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally equivalent. In particular, using a large set of measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978447
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Geography, Demography, and Early Development
Iyigun, Murat - 2021
This paper presents a growth model where survival is endogenously determined and the abundance of natural resources affects the returns to labor. In geographic regions where natural resources are initially more abundant and the climate is relatively more hospitable, survival odds are higher....
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Left-handedness and economic development
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Pensieroso, Luca - 2021
This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and subsequent recovery of left-handedness observed over the last few centuries in the Western world, we propose a theory in which economic development influences the prevalence of...
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
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