Relative backwardness and technology catching up with scale effects |
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Authors: | Sung Jin Kang |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan (e-mail: sungjin@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp) , JP |
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Abstract: | Controlling for capital accumulation from per capita income growth, this paper shows robust scale effects on total factor
productivity growth. The estimated speeds of technology catching up are around 2 percent per year. In addition, the empirical
analysis confirms the catching up theory, in which the initial relative backwardness and policy variables conducive to technology
adoption are statistically significant.
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ID="*" This is a revised part of Ph.D. thesis at Stanford University. I would like to thank the committee members, Charles
I. Jones, Anne O. Krueger, and Paul Romer as well as Ronald Findlay, Ronald I. Mckinnon, Yasuyuki Sawada, Robert Sinclair,
a referee and seminar participants at Stanford University, the Pacific Rim Allied Economic Organizations Conference, the East
Asian Economic Association Conference, and the 8th World Congress. |
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Keywords: | : Relative backwardness – Adoption capacity – Endogenous growth – Technology catching up – Scale effects |
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