Human capital, mechanisms of technological diffusion and the role of technological shocks in the speed of diffusion: evidence from a panel of Mediterranean countries
The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of human capital as a facilitator of technological diffusion in a sample of developing Mediterranean countries based on the predictions of endogenous growth theory. The evidence does not support the Benhabib and Spiegel (2002) non-linear specific...
Main Authors: | Maria Adelaide Duarte, Marta Simões |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Coimbra University Press
2016-09-01
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Series: | Notas Económicas |
Online Access: | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/notaseconomicas/article/view/3667 |
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