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South-North convergence from a new perspective
Hübler, Michael - 2013
-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204037
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Avoiding the trap: the dynamic interaction of North-South capital mobility and technology diffusion
Hübler, Michael - 2009
This paper analyzes a stylized model of international capital mobility and diffusion of embodied technologies from North to South. The South can fall behind in terms of technologies or get trapped in a situation, in which it is unable to attract foreign capital and embodied technologies, if its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263540
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The optimal transfer of capital and embodied technologies to developing countries
Hübler, Michael; Lontzek, Thomas S. - 2009
intertemporal global welfare maximization. Convergence of the growth rates of technical change in the North and South always occurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277868
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A theory-based discussion of international technology funding
Hübler, Michael - 2014 - April 2014
Climate policy negotiations identi ed international technology funding as a means of achieving carbon emissions reductions in developing countries. Such funds are now being realized. This paper is probably the first theory-based discussion of international technology funding. It sets up a Ramsey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531349
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Avoiding the trap : the dynamic interaction of North-South capital mobility and technology diffusion
Hübler, Michael (contributor) - 2009
This paper analyzes a stylized model of international capital mobility and diffusion of embodied technologies from North to South. The South can fall behind in terms of technologies or get trapped in a situation, in which it is unable to attract foreign capital and embodied technologies, if its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003795826
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The optimal transfer of capital and embodied technologies to developing countries
Hübler, Michael (contributor); Lontzek, Thomas (contributor) - 2009
intertemporal global welfare maximization. Convergence of the growth rates of technical change in the North and South always occurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003795829
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An integrated assessment model with endogenous growth
Hübler, Michael; Baumstark, Lavinia; Leimbach, Marian; … - 2012
We introduce endogenous directed technical change into numerical integrated climate and development policy assessment. We distinguish expenditures on innovation (R&D) and imitation (international technology spillovers) and consider the role of capital investment in creating and implementing new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656602
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Favoritism by the governing elite
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2023
In this paper, we study the extent to which ministers engage in regional favoritism. We are the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of a larger set of the governing elite, not just focusing on the primary leader. We hand-collect birthplaces of this governing elite globally. Combining this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014441315
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Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hufschmidt, Patrick - 2021
We study the long-run implications of regional and ethnic favoritism in Africa. Combining geocoded individual-level survey data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) with data on national leaders’ birthplaces across 41 African countries, we explore the educational attainment of adults...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492849
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Favoritism and firms : micro evidence and macro implications
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2021
We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources spatially within countries. We use a large sample of enterprise surveys spanning across many low and middle income countries, and utilize transitions of national political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492850