by Diego A. Comin - Publications - Faculty & Research

It's not often that a best seller inspires academic research. If anything, it's usually the other way around. But Harvard Business School Associate Professor Diego A. Comin was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Jan 2013
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The Spatial Diffusion of Technology

Keywords: by Diego A. Comin, Mikhail Dmitriev & Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

20 Feb 2009
Working Paper Summaries

When Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth?

Keywords: by Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt & Isabel Tecu

30 Jul 2012
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How technology adoption affects global economies

15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-091.pdf An Exploration of Technology... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Feb 2012
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Why New Technologies Do Not Make Poor Countries Rich

10 May 2013
News

Technology as a Driver of Growth (or Not)

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

particularly in developing, technology-poor countries. Harvard Business School professor Diego Comin teamed with Harvard University's Philippe Aghion and Brown University's Peter Howitt to research the issue... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

2009
Working Paper

The CHAT Dataset

By: Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn

This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The data is available for download at:... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; History; Technology Adoption

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An Exploration of Technology Diffusion

An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s

An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania

The Intensive Margin of Technology Adoption

From Green Users to Green Voters

Financial Development and Technology Diffusion

If Technology Has Arrived Everywhere, Why Has Income Diverged?

Turbulent Firms, Turbulent Wages?

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies