INNOVATION AND INEQUALITY IN A SMALL WORLD

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger
• 署名单位: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Gottingen
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/iere.12437
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 683-719
• 关键词: endogenous growth; income; population; TRADE; TECHNOLOGY; diffusion; KNOWLEDGE; selection; DYNAMICS; MODEL

摘要

We present a multicountry theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are connected by a network of knowledge exchange. Technological progress in any country depends on the state of technology in the countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world inequality, followed by decreasing relative inequality. Knowledge diffusion through a small world network produces an extraordinary diversity of country growth performances, including the overtaking of individual countries and the replacement of the technologically leading country in the course of world development.