How the Quality of Institutions Affects Technological Deepening in Developing Countries

How the Quality of Institutions Affects Technological Deepening in Developing Countries

This paper assesses the effect of institutional quality on research and development (R&D) expenditures in developing countries. The paper finds that the risk of expropriation and the rule of law are correlated with R&D expenditures. Since b...

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Main Author:	Clarke, George R.G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BASIC RESEARCH CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXPROPRIATION EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCOME LDCS LICENSING MACHINERY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY METHODOLOGY OVERVALUATION PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS R&D R&D EXPENDITURES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH LABORATORIES RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/2873559/quality-institutions-affects-technological-deepening-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19670

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/2873559/quality-institutions-affects-technological-deepening-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19670