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Long-Run Convergence in Manufacturing and Innovation-Based Models

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  • Jakob B. Madsen

    (Monash University)

  • Isfaaq Timol

    (Monash University)

Abstract

Most studies of comparative productivities fail to find evidence of convergence in OECD manufacturing despite major economic growth theories predicting convergence. Using manufacturing data for nineteen OECD countries over the period from 1870 to 2006, this study finds strong evidence of unconditional β-convergence as well as σ-convergence. Panel data estimates suggest that the convergence has been driven by domestic R&D, international R&D spillovers, and financial development as predicted by Schumpeterian growth theories. © 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Jakob B. Madsen & Isfaaq Timol, 2011. "Long-Run Convergence in Manufacturing and Innovation-Based Models," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 93(4), pages 1155-1171, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:93:y:2011:i:4:p:1155-1171
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    JEL classification:

    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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