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Technology Diffusion, Services, and Endogenous Growth in Europe. Is the Lisbon Strategy Still Alive?

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  • Paolo Guerrieri

    (Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Visiting Professor, College of Europe (Bruges))

  • Bernardo Maggi

    (Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’)

  • Valentina Meliciani

    (Università di Teramo)

  • Pier Carlo Padoan

    (Minister of Finance, Italy)

Abstract

We explore the role of business services in knowledge accumulation and growth and the determinants of knowledge diffusion including the role of distance. A continuous time model is estimated on several European countries, Japan, and the US. Policy simulations illustrate the benefits for EU growth of the deepening of the single market, the reduction of regulatory barriers, and the accumulation of technology and human capital. Our results support the basic insights of the Lisbon Agenda. Economic growth in Europe is enhanced to the extent that: trade in services increases, technology accumulation and diffusion increase, regulation becomes both less intensive and more uniform across countries, and human capital accumulation increases in all countries.

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  • Paolo Guerrieri & Bernardo Maggi & Valentina Meliciani & Pier Carlo Padoan, 2005. "Technology Diffusion, Services, and Endogenous Growth in Europe. Is the Lisbon Strategy Still Alive?," Bruges European Economic Research Papers 2, European Economic Studies Department, College of Europe.
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