Do political regimes matter for technology diffusion?

Keisuke Okada and Sovannroeun Samreth

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Abstract: This study examines the effects of political regimes on technology diffusion, using data from a sample of 104 technologies from 137 countries between 1901 and 2000. We find that democracy is positively associated with the diffusion of health and agriculture-related technologies. Furthermore, the diffusion of infrastructure, general, and other sector-specific technologies are not influenced by political regimes.

Keywords: Technology diffusion; Democracy; Dictatorship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 O40 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-23
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