North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion: Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America This paper examines the impact on TFP in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries (DEV) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output re...

The paper investigates the UK retail sector using store and firm level data between 1998 and 2003. First, we present the first exhaustive description of the UK retail sector using micro data sources. Second, in the spirit of Foster, Haltiwanger, and Krizan (2002), we look at the contributions of firm entry and exit for the productivity growth of the sector. Third, we provide some new evidence o...

In this work small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies on the interaction of the phenothiazine trifluoperazine (TFP, 2-10 mM), a cationic drug, with micelles of the zwitterionic surfactant 3-(N-hexadecyl-N,N-dimethylammonium) propane sulfonate (HPS, 30 mM) and the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, 40 mM) at pH 4.0, 7.0, and 9.0 are reported. The data were analyzed through the mo...

We estimate the impact of R&D on TFP and output in the private sector at the state level in the US from 1963 to 2007. R&D has a large effect on both output and TFP at the state level in the long run. The R&D elasticity in a state averages 0.056 to 0.143, implying returns to state GDP from R&D spending of 83% to 213%. There are also positive R&D spillovers, with 77% of the total returns accruing...

Oral Absorption and Disposition Kinetics of Lidocaine Hydrochloride in Dogs. R. N. BOYES, H. J. ADAMS AND B. R. DUCE 1 Maternal and Fetal Distribution of H3-Dihydromorphine in the Tolerant and Nontolerant Rat. S. Y. YEH AND L. A. WOODS 9 Retention of Inhaled Acetaldehyde in Man. JOHN L. EGLE, JR 14 Efflux of Chiorpromazine and Trifluoperazine from the Rat Brain. P. F. SPANO, N. H. NEFF, E. MACK...