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International Technology Spillovers and Growth over the Past 142 Years: The Role of Genetic Proximity
Author(s) -
Madsen Jakob B.,
Farhadi Minoo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
economica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.532
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1468-0335
pISSN - 0013-0427
DOI - 10.1111/ecca.12202
Subject(s) - stock (firearms) , economic geography , productivity , international trade , total factor productivity , economics , business , geography , economic growth , archaeology
This paper suggests genetic proximity, in addition to geographic proximity and imports, as a factor facilitating international knowledge transmission, where knowledge is measured as the stock of knowledge as well as research intensity to allow for the possibility that international knowledge spillovers have permanent productivity growth effects. Using data for 31 countries with diverse development paths over the period 1870–2011, the results show that genetic proximity and imports are important in facilitating knowledge transmission, and that knowledge spillovers have permanent growth effects.