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Se rapprocher de la frontière technologique: la dichotomie entre innovation et imitation .
Author(s) -
Madsen Jakob B.,
Islam Md. Rabiul,
Ang James B.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01618.x
Subject(s) - imitation , frontier , economics , productivity , technology transfer , developing country , sample (material) , educational attainment , total factor productivity , absorptive capacity , economic geography , international trade , economic growth , industrial organization , psychology , political science , social psychology , law , chemistry , chromatography
Using data for 55 developing and developed countries, this research examines the roles of technology transfer, research intensity, educational attainment, and the ability to absorb foreign technology in explaining cross‐country differences in productivity growth. The results show that innovation is an important factor for growth in OECD countries, whereas growth in developing countries is driven by imitation. Furthermore, the interaction between educational attainment and the distance to the frontier is a significant determinant of growth in the overall sample.