Importing technology

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Caselli, F; Wilson, DJ
• 署名单位: National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Harvard University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3932
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.07.004
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 1-32
• 关键词: equipment imports; R&D; appropriate technology; TFP

摘要

We look at disaggregated imports of various types of equipment to make inferences on cross-country differences in the composition of equipment investment. We make three contributions. First, we document strikingly large differences in investment composition. Second, we explain the differences as being based on each equipment type's degree of complementarity with other factors whose abundance differs across countries. Third, we show that the composition of capital has the potential to account for some of the large observed differences in TFP across countries. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.