An analysis of the sources of technical change in the agricultural sector of Iran

Mahmood Haji-Rahimi and Hamed Ghaderzadeh

Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2009, vol. 18, issue 8, 771-776

Abstract: A differential structural equation system including latent variables was applied for analyzing the sources of technical change in the agricultural sector of Iran, 1971-2005. The findings indicated that international knowledge spillover, human capital, and internal research and development expenditures have a significant role in technical progress in the agricultural sector of Iran. The findings showed that international knowledge spillover has been a more effective factor on the technical progress related to internal R&D. The technical progress was found out to be Hicks-neutral.

Keywords: technical change; latent variable; Iranian agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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