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...

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Main Authors: Maria Adelaide Duarte, Marta Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2016-09-01
Series:Notas Económicas
Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/notaseconomicas/article/view/3667