The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Imports of Capital Goods in the North-South Diffusion of Technology

Technology diffusion across industrial countries has been the subject of considerable research. During the last decade economists have measured extensively the extent to which productivity gains are transmitted across countries in the North. However, research on technology diffusion to developing co...

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Published inJournal of economic integration Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 545 - 562
Main Author Blyde, Juan S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Center for International Economics, Sejong Institution 01.09.2003
Subjects
Capital goods
Capital stocks
Coefficients
Developing countries
Emerging technology
Foreign direct investments
Imports
International trade
Productivity
Technology transfer
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Summary:Technology diffusion across industrial countries has been the subject of considerable research. During the last decade economists have measured extensively the extent to which productivity gains are transmitted across countries in the North. However, research on technology diffusion to developing countries has been relatively scarce. This is surprising considering the importance that this source of productivity represents for countries in the South. This paper seeks to fill this gap. The results underline the importance of North-South schemes of integration for technology transfers as long as they lead to larger flows of FDI and trade from developed to developing countries.
ISSN:1225-651X
1976-5525
DOI:10.11130/jei.2003.18.3.545