The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017

The scant literature that addresses issues related to the Technology Balance of Payments (TBP) often refers that a surplus balance may correspond to a high degree of technological autonomy, a low level of technology imports, or an inability to assimilate foreign technologies. It is not clear, howeve...

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Autores principales:	Diana Barros, Aurora A.C. Teixeira
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Publicado:	Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2021
Materias:	technology balance of payments international competitiveness greece italy portugal spain panel data analysis Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4992c7850d22431d9230dc1b3f2fe6db2021-11-25T10:37:21ZThe technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-201710.25428/1824-2979/202101-105-1361824-2979https://doaj.org/article/4992c7850d22431d9230dc1b3f2fe6db2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ejce.liuc.it/18242979202101/182429792021180105.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1824-2979The scant literature that addresses issues related to the Technology Balance of Payments (TBP) often refers that a surplus balance may correspond to a high degree of technological autonomy, a low level of technology imports, or an inability to assimilate foreign technologies. It is not clear, however, from this literature whether, and to what extent, the balance of the TBP is related to countries’ international competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to detail the evolution of the TBP for Southern European countries and to assess the extent to which it influences these countries’ international competitiveness. Using static and dynamic panel data techniques on data for four Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) between 2000 and 2017, our results highlight that a positive TBP significantly contributes to foster countries’ international competitiveness.Diana BarrosAurora A.C. TeixeiraUniversità Carlo Cattaneo LIUCarticletechnology balance of paymentsinternational competitivenessgreeceitalyportugalspainpanel data analysisEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENThe European Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 105-136 (2021)
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spellingShingle	technology balance of payments international competitiveness greece italy portugal spain panel data analysis Economics as a science HB71-74 Diana Barros Aurora A.C. Teixeira The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
description	The scant literature that addresses issues related to the Technology Balance of Payments (TBP) often refers that a surplus balance may correspond to a high degree of technological autonomy, a low level of technology imports, or an inability to assimilate foreign technologies. It is not clear, however, from this literature whether, and to what extent, the balance of the TBP is related to countries’ international competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to detail the evolution of the TBP for Southern European countries and to assess the extent to which it influences these countries’ international competitiveness. Using static and dynamic panel data techniques on data for four Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) between 2000 and 2017, our results highlight that a positive TBP significantly contributes to foster countries’ international competitiveness.
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title	The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
title_short	The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
title_full	The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
title_fullStr	The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
title_full_unstemmed	The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017
title_sort	technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern european countries, 2000-2017
publisher	Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC
publishDate	2021
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The technology balance of payments and international competitiveness: a panel data analysis of southern European countries, 2000-2017

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