Catching up and falling behind in technological progress: the experience of the textile and chemical industries in Italy between 1904 and 1937

Makiko Hino (nishihara@econ.osaka-u.ac.jp) and Mototsugu Fukushige (mfuku1961@gmail.com)
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Makiko Hino: Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University

No 14-14, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics

Abstract: We estimate the stocks of patents and their growth rates in the Italian textile and chemical industries between 1904 and 1937. The stocks and growth rates by nationality are estimated for Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Switzerland, and the USA. The Italian patent stock in the textile industry followed and attempted to catch up with the stock of the leading countries; by contrast, that in the chemical industry fell behind during that period. Although growth rates were similar, Italy fs growth rates fell into the lower group before and after World War I. Our results indicate that not all Italian industries succeeded in catching up with the leading countries.

Keywords: technological progress; patent; textile; chemical; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N62 N63 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2014-04
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