Trade liberalization, democratization and technology adoption

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We study the role of trade liberalization, democratization and their interaction for technology adoption. A general equilibrium theory with heterogeneous skills predicts a complementarity between trade and political regimes. Openness should accelerate technology adoption if coupled with democratization but may lead to a slow down if these regime changes are imbalanced. We use panel data on technology adoption at the sectoral level for the period 1980-2000 by exploiting within country variation and the heterogenous timing of openness and democratization. The results document the existence of robust positive interactions between these institutional changes for technology adoption and productivity growth.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7132

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems ; International Relations and International Political Economy: Other
• Subject: trade openness ; democratization ; political economy theory ; technology adoption ; sector level panel data ; cross-country analysis ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Außenhandelsliberalisierung ; Politik der offenen Tür ; Demokratisierung ; Branche ; Public Choice ; Schätzung ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cervellati, Matteo ; Naghavi, Alireza ; Toubal, Farid
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/69481
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