A technological index for the Italian regions
Journal title RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO
Author/s Giuseppe Albanese
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/2 Language English
Pages 16 P. 54-69 File size 374 KB
DOI 10.3280/REST2010-002003
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In this work we measure the technological position of the Italian regions with the adoption of the Technology Achievement Index developed by Desai, Fukuda, Johansson and Sagasti (2002). First we note that other available indexes are obtained as a by-product of theoretical- based methods, so that they are subject to the assumptions of their respective models. If using a statistical index permits to avoid this problem, adopting a composite index (unlike many single indexes) has also the advantage to summarize the evidence and to obtain a unique rank of the Italian regions according to their technological capabilities.
Keywords: Innovation, endogenous growth, technological capabilities, human skills, Italian regions, composite index
Jel codes: O30, O14, O33, R11, R12, C43
Giuseppe Albanese, A technological index for the Italian regions in "RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO" 2/2010, pp 54-69, DOI: 10.3280/REST2010-002003