Cross-country catch-up in the manufacturing sector: Impacts of heterogeneity on convergence and technology adoption

Patrik T. Hultberg; M. Ishaq Nadiri; Robin C. Sickles

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Cross-country catch-up in the manufacturing sector: Impacts of heterogeneity on convergence and technology adoption

Patrik T. Hultberg, M. Ishaq Nadiri, Robin C. Sickles

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Abstract

We analyze how technology transfer from a leading economy affects followers' productivity growth in manufacturing sectors and Gross Domestic Product. Allowing for heterogeneous technology levels we explore how this impacts rates of catch-up in labor productivity across manufacturing sectors and GDP for 16 OECD nations. Our results indicate that aggregate studies bias downward the estimated rates of catch-up. These rates of catchup, as well as efficiency levels, also differ across countries. We find that institutional factors such as bureaucratic efficiency are important determinants of the estimated catch-up rates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	753-768
Number of pages	16
Journal	Empirical Economics
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-004-0209-5
State	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

Convergence and catch-up in best-practice technologies
International comparisons
Panel data methods

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Statistics and Probability
Mathematics (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics

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