Relative backwardness and technology catching up with scale effects

Sung Jin Kang ()
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Sung Jin Kang: Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, vol. 12, issue 4, 425-441

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.

Keywords: Relative; backwardness; -; Adoption; capacity; -; Endogenous; growth; -; Technology; catching; up; -; Scale; effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-10-11
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