Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion : Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data

Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion : Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data

What mechanisms most frequently transmit foreign technologies to developing country firms? Do these foreign technologies affect both productive efficiency and product quality in the recipient firms? Under what circumstances do firms pursue activiti...

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Main Authors: Kraay, Aart, Soloaga, Isidro, Tybout, James
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY
EFFICIENCY
TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION
ENTERPRISES
EXPORT CAPACITY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
IMPORTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
MARGINAL COSTS
PRODUCTION STANDARDS
LOCATION ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS
ADAPTATION
ADJUSTMENT
ADVERTISING
BELIEFS
CAPITAL GOODS
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONDITIONING
CONSUMERS
COST INCREASES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMETRIC MODELING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORTS
FACTOR PRICES
HOME MARKET
INFERENCE
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LDCS
LEARNING
LEARNING PROCESSES
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL COST
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
OPTIMIZATION
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PURCHASING
STOCKS
STREAMS
SUBSTITUTES
SUNK COSTS
SUPPLIERS
TIME SERIES
UTILITY FUNCTION
VARIABLE COSTS
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687152/product-quality-productive-efficiency-international-technology-diffusion-evidence-plant-level-panel-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15721

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1687152/product-quality-productive-efficiency-international-technology-diffusion-evidence-plant-level-panel-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15721

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