This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology …-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content, and declines with … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology …-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content, and declines with … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology …-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports’ R&D content, and declines with … preceding the Great Recession (1976-2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology …-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content, and declines with … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and 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 … (closest) North; ii) the East Asia - SAM education gap's impact equals that of trade plus governance; iii) an increase in SAM …

This paper examines the impact of North-South trade, education, governance and North-South distance, on technology … Great Recession (1976-2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content … accounting for its TFP gap with East Asia; iii) the impact of the education gap equals the sum of the governance and openness …

) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry … trade, education or governance, are stronger under an increase in two of these three policy variables, and are strongest …) education and governance have a much larger direct effect on TFP in LAC than in DEV, while the opposite holds for the North's R …

) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry … variables – education, governance or openness – result in virtuous growth cycles. These are smallest under an increase in trade …) education and governance have a much larger direct effect on TFP in LAC than in DEV, while the opposite holds for the North's R …

and the Generalized Method of Moments estimators to test, respectively, for Total Factor Productivity determinants and … labor productivity convergence driving forces (i.e.capital accumulation and technological catch-up) in different … cross-country heterogeneity of labor productivity convergence tendencies. My results show that technology growth rate is …