TY  - JOUR
AU  - Keller,Wolfgang
TI  - International Technology Diffusion
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8573
PY  - 2001
Y2  - October 2001
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8573
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8573.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Wolfgang Keller
Department of Economics
University of Colorado-Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0256
Tel: 303/735 5507
Fax: 303/492 8960
E-Mail: Wolfgang.Keller@colorado.edu
AB  - I discuss the concept and empirical importance of international technology diffusion from the point of view of recent work on endogenous technological change. In this literature, technology is viewed as technological knowledge. I first review the major concepts, and how international technology diffusion relates to other factors affecting economic growth in open economies. The following main section of the paper provides a review of recent empirical results on (i) basic results in international technology diffusion; (ii) the importance of specific channels of diffusion, in particular trade and foreign direct investment; (iii) the spatial distribution of technological knowledge, and (iv) other issues.
ER  -