Technology and Epidemics

Chong, Alberto; Zanforlin, Luisa

doi:10.5089/9781451854800.001

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“…Our findings thus suggest that learning, innovation and competitive pressures resulting from foreign capital imports are important vehicles for growth. The macro-link hypothesized by Chong and Zanforlin (2002) between newly transferred technologies and productivity by means of machinery and equipment imports is corroborated by the Portuguese long-term data. Accordingly, a critical mass of know-how may be required to successfully absorb technology from abroad.…”

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Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001

2010

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An important characteristic of the role of foreign trade in the technological catch-up of countries is the complementary nature with technological change, human capital development and local R&D efforts. Using cointegration techniques, evidence based on Portuguese long-run growth suggests that by investing in certain capacity-building activities, namely human capital and local R&D efforts, countries can improve their ability to identify, value, assimilate, and apply (or exploit) knowledge that is developed in other (more developed) countries. Although human capital has a stronger direct impact on total factor productivity than internal R&D efforts, the latter's indirect impact, by means of machinery and equipment imports, is tremendous. Trade also emerges as a powerful direct contributor to long-term total factor productivity, especially in its embodied form, through the acquisition of advanced machinery and equipment from more developed countries. The (smaller) productivity enhancing effect of licenses and FDI seems to be strongly dependent on institutional circumstances, namely those related to human capital investments and incentives.

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Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001

2010

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“…Large government sectors and high inflation are presumed to affect growth adversely, while more openness to trade is presumed to affect growth positively.7 Levine et al (2000) use the natural logarithm of the financial development measures in their estimation. Conversely, we do not use logs of the financial development variables since this would smooth out the potential structural breaks in the financial development -growth relationship.6 This strategy has also been used byChong and Zanforlin (1999).…”

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Does one size fit all?: a reexamination of the finance and growth relationship

Rioja

Valev

2004

Journal of Development Economics

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“…As the the bottom are the Middle East (6) and Africa (3). 7 See Chong and Zanforlin (2001) and Coyle (1999).…”

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The Internet and the ability to innovate in Latin America

Chong

Micco

2003

Emerging Markets Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The views and interpretations in this document are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Inter-American Development Bank, or to any individual acting on its behalf. Terms of use: Documents inThe Research Department (RES) produces the Latin American Economic Policies Newsletter, as well as working papers and books, on diverse economic issues.To obtain a complete list of RES publications, and read or download them please visit our web site at: http://www.iadb.org/res 3 Abstract * In this paper we provide an overview of the situation of the Internet in Latin America and argue that, although latecomers, Latin American countries could in principle catch up at a faster pace and a lower cost. But that will depend on the environment for innovation in the countries; in that respect, the adoption of the Internet may prove to be no different than other technological changes. The paper also discusses how the degree of innovativeness in a country helps explain the extent to which new technologies may be more effectively absorbed. What is surprising about this relationship is that it is valid even when isolating the fact that countries with better telephone infrastructure are also the ones with more Internet hosts. We found that the capacity to innovate and assimilate new technologies is not just a matter of income or infrastructure endowment. JEL Classification: O10, O30, L86Word Count: 6712

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Technology and Epidemics

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001

Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001

Does one size fit all?: a reexamination of the finance and growth relationship

The Internet and the ability to innovate in Latin America

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