Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

We examine the extent to which financial market development impacts the diffusion of 16 major technologies, looking across 17 countries, from 1870 to 2000. We find that greater depth in financial markets leads to faster technology diffusion for more capital-intensive technologies, but only in period...

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Main Authors: Comin, D. (Author), Nanda, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2019
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