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Technology can flow from one country to another through at least two conduits. One is the diffusion of technological knowledge itself. Another is the exchange of goods embodying technological advances.1
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Eaton, J., Kortum, S. (2003). A Rising Tide Raises All Ships: Trade and Diffusion as Conduits of Growth. In: Paganetto, L., Phelps, E.S. (eds) Finance, Research, Education and Growth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403920232_5
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