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International Technological Diffusion, Comparative Productivity Performance and Specialization: A Study for Manufacturing

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The issue of manufacturing TFP convergence through international technological diffusion is analysed on the basis of both aggregate and disaggregate panel data. Regression estimates imply conditional β-convergence, with the levels of schooling and research intensity acting as major conditioning variables. There is also evidence of a degree of actual catching-up and the convergence is, on average, clearly stronger at the disaggregate level than at the level of manufacturing as a whole. The evolution of the standard deviation of the log of TFP shows that there is also evidence of σ-convergence in the same sectors. The stronger TFP convergence at a disaggregate level is explained by a study of the manufacturing production specialisation. This is shown to be substantial, sticky, and only modestly related to the pattern of comparative TFP performance.

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  • Frantzen, Dirk, 2005. "International Technological Diffusion, Comparative Productivity Performance and Specialization: A Study for Manufacturing," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 58(4), pages 405-448.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0096
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    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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