Technology Diffusion, Services, and Endogenous Growth in Europe. is the Lisbon Strategy Useful?

Publication Date:

May 1, 2005

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Summary:

We explore the role of business services in knowledge accumulation and growth and the determinants of knowledge diffusion including the role of distance. A continuous-time model is estimated on several European countries, Japan, and the United States. Policy simulations illustrate the benefits for EU growth of the deepening of the single market, the reduction of regulatory barriers, and the accumulation of technology and human capital. Our results support the basic insights of the Lisbon Agenda. Economic growth in Europe is enhanced to the extent that: trade in services increases, technology accumulation and diffusion increase, regulation becomes both less intensive and more uniform across countries, and human capital accumulation increases in all countries.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2005/103

Subject:

Human capital Information technology in revenue administration International trade Labor Revenue administration Technology Technology transfer Trade in services

English

Publication Date:

May 1, 2005

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451861228/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2005103

Pages:

48

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