In 1991, the USSR dissolved after seventy year as a nation state; since then, its former republics have experienced heterogenous economic and political reforms. In the economic literature, there is a substantial evidence that technological improvements drive long-term economic growth. Among the many factors which contribute to advancing technology is the cultural proximity to the World Technology ... read moreFrontier because of translation, adoption, and imitation costs. This research investigates to what extent cultural and linguistic distance from the World Technology Frontier inhibits the diffusion of technology, and the role played by the political tensions between the East and West both during and after the Cold War.
15-minute talk presented at the Tufts Graduate Student Council's 24th Graduate Student Research Symposium, March 6, 2020.read less
Manning-Pickett, Trinity. "Linguistic Distance and Barriers to Economic Development in the Soviet Bloc." Presentation at the 24th Graduate Research Symposium, Tufts University, March 6, 2020.
