{
    "id": 8130,
    "citation_title": "Cross-Country Technology Diffusion: The Case of Computers",
    "citation_author": [
        "<NAME>",
        "<NAME>"
    ],
    "citation_publication_date": "2001-02-01",
    "issue_date": "2001-02-01",
    "revision_date": "None",
    "topics": [
        "Macroeconomics",
        "Macroeconomic Models",
        "Development and Growth",
        "Innovation and R&D"
    ],
    "program": [
        "International Trade and Investment",
        "Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship"
    ],
    "projects": null,
    "working_groups": null,
    "abstract": "\n\nWe use data on imports of computer equipment for a large sample of countries between 1 970 and 1990 to investigate the determinants of computer-technology adoption. We find strong evidence that computer adoption is associated with higher levels of human capital and with manufacturing trade openness vis-a-vis the OECD. We also find evidence that computer adoption is enhanced by high investment rates, good property rights protection, and a small share of agriculture in GDP. Finally, there is some evidence that adoption is reduced by a large share of government in GDP, and increased by a large share of manufacturing. After controlling for the above-mentioned variables, we do not find an independent role for the English- (or European-) language skills of the population.\n\n",
    "acknowledgement": "\n"
}