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International Technology Spillovers and Growth over the Past 142 Years: The Role of Genetic Proximity

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  • Jakob B. Madsen
  • Minoo Farhadi

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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.

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  • Jakob B. Madsen & Minoo Farhadi, 2018. "International Technology Spillovers and Growth over the Past 142 Years: The Role of Genetic Proximity," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 85(338), pages 329-359, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econom:v:85:y:2018:i:338:p:329-359
    DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12202
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