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Industrial Policy and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Paper Making Machinery in Indonesia
- Source :
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World Development . Dec2006, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p2137-2152. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Summary: In this paper, we analyze the diffusion and adoption of paper making machinery in the Indonesian pulp and paper industry, from 1923 till 2000. We develop a machine level index of technological sophistication (mach), which measures the technological distance of each paper machine to the world technological frontier. The data reveal a pattern of rapid technological catch up. But catch up was not an industrywide phenomenon. Some modern firms installed state-of-the-art machinery, while others installed older vintages. The paper argues that industrial policy has played an important role in the speed and nature of diffusion of paper making machinery. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *COMMERCIAL policy
*ECONOMIC policy
*SUSTAINABLE development
*CULTURAL policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0305750X
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- World Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23052038
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.03.004