Catching up and Structural Change

Thomas Gries and Stefan Jungblut ()
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Stefan Jungblut: Department of Economics, University of Paderborn, Postal: Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany, http://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/

Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 1997, vol. 50, issue 4, 561-582

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the dynamics of catching up for a backward three sector economy and investigate the transitional structural adjustment process. A theoretical model is developed to explain international development and trade patterns as a transitory process of technological catching up. The endogenous adoption of international available technologies will cause permanent structural adjustment for a non symmetric sectoral diffusion of international technologies. The model is individually tested for 146 countries. The estimations support the implied s-shaped path of upgrading for a large number of countries. The estimation results are used to calculate the speed of convergence and the final income position for each of the 146 countries.

JEL-codes: F11 F21 F22 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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