Published in:CEGE Discussion Paper Number 313 – June 2017
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (42 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2988904
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 19, 2017 erstellt
Description:
We present a multi-country 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 after the take-off of the forerunners of the industrial revolution, 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