The Interaction Effect of Economic Quality with Economic Globalization on Technology Spillovers via the Import Channel in Selected Developed and Developing Countries

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1 Department of Management, Ro.C., Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Management, BuZ.C., Islamic Azad University, BuinZahra, Iran

Abstract

Technology spillover through imports allows countries to use new knowledge and technologies to increase productivity, innovation, and competitiveness, and ultimately achieve stable and continuous economic growth. On the other hand, technology spillover through imports is a function of countries' trade and economic policies. For this purpose, the present study, using a panel data approach and the generalized moments method, examines the interactive effect of economic globalization and economic quality indicators (macroeconomic stability, financial stability, productivity and competitiveness, economic dynamism, and labor force participation) on technology spillover through the import channel in two groups of selected developing and developed science-producing countries during the period 2007-2022. The estimated results showed that the individual effect of economic globalization and all economic quality indicators on technology spillover in both groups of selected developing and developed countries studied is positive and significant with different estimated coefficients. In addition, the interaction of economic quality indicators and economic globalization has had a positive and significant effect on technology spillovers in both groups of selected developing and developed countries. In a way that the estimated coefficients of their interaction effect are larger than the estimated coefficients of their individual effect.

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  • Receive Date: 26 September 2025
  • Revise Date: 23 January 2026
  • Accept Date: 21 February 2026

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