Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87152 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 13-098/III
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
With the advent of globalization, economic and financial interactions among countries have become widespread. Given technological advancements, the factors of production can no longer be considered to be just labor and capital. In the pursuit of economic growth, every country has sensibly invested in international cooperation, learning, innovation, technology diffusion and knowledge. In this paper, we use a panel data set of 40 countries from 1981 to 2008 and a negative binomial model, using a novel set of cross-border patents and joint patents as proxy variables for technology diffusion, in order to investigate such diffusion. The empirical results suggest that, if it is desired to shift from foreign to domestic technology, it is necessary to increase expenditure on R&D for business enterprises and higher education, exports and technology. If the focus is on increasing bilateral technology diffusion, it is necessary to increase expenditure on R&D for higher education and technology.
Subjects: 
International Technology Diffusion
Exports
Imports
Joint Patent
Cross-border Patent
R&D
Negative Binomial Panel Data
JEL: 
F14
F21
O30
O57
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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