The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from?
This study uses a panel data set of 25 years over 280 districts in rural India and applies a geographic information systems (GIS) program to investigate the regional neighborhood effect on the rate of diffusion of new technologies. The results show that in the technology diffusion process, the early...
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| author | Zhang, Xiaobo Fan, Shenggen Cai, Ximing |
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| description | This study uses a panel data set of 25 years over 280 districts in rural India and applies a geographic information systems (GIS) program to investigate the regional neighborhood effect on the rate of diffusion of new technologies. The results show that in the technology diffusion process, the early successful adopters have a larger effect on neighboring adopters than do the early unsuccessful adopters. Hence, use of the aggregate or the simple average of adoption rate among neighborhoods as a proxy for the neighborhood effect, a common practice in the learning literature, may be inappropriate. We also find that education and irrigation play important roles in facilitating technology diffusion. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1566342024-10-24T12:44:53Z The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? Zhang, Xiaobo Fan, Shenggen Cai, Ximing technological changes technology transfer This study uses a panel data set of 25 years over 280 districts in rural India and applies a geographic information systems (GIS) program to investigate the regional neighborhood effect on the rate of diffusion of new technologies. The results show that in the technology diffusion process, the early successful adopters have a larger effect on neighboring adopters than do the early unsuccessful adopters. Hence, use of the aggregate or the simple average of adoption rate among neighborhoods as a proxy for the neighborhood effect, a common practice in the learning literature, may be inappropriate. We also find that education and irrigation play important roles in facilitating technology diffusion. 2002-10 2024-10-24T12:44:53Z 2024-10-24T12:44:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156634 en Limited Access Wiley Zhang, Xiaobo; Fan, Shenggen; Cai, Ximing. 2002. The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? Contemporary Economic Policy 20(4): 470-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/cep/20.4.470 |
| spellingShingle | technological changes technology transfer Zhang, Xiaobo Fan, Shenggen Cai, Ximing The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title | The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title_full | The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title_fullStr | The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title_short | The path of technological diffusion: which neighbors to learn from? |
| title_sort | path of technological diffusion which neighbors to learn from |
| topic | technological changes technology transfer |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156634 |
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