Avoiding the middle income trap : indigenous innovative effort vs foreign innovative effort

This paper investigates how innovation potential of a country contributes to avoid or escape the middle income trap. We measure innovation potentials of 77 countries from 1975 to 2010 from patent data. Then, we test whether indigenous innovative efforts or foreign ones help avoid and escape middle income traps

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Year of publication:	2015-03
Authors:	Kang, Byeongwoo ; Nabeshima, Kaoru ; Cheng, Fang-Ting
Institutions:	Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Subject:	Developing countries \| Developed countries \| Economic growth \| Technological innovations \| Middle income trap \| Innovation \| Duration model

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IDE Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in IDE Discussion Paper. No. 509. 2015.3 Number 509
Classification:	C41 - Duration Analysis ; O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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