Economıcs of Scıence Technology and Innovatıon (ENG)
Ünite Sınavı Soruları
- 20 soru
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- 1Which empirical pattern did Zvi Griliches find when studying adoption of hybrid-seed corn?
- 2Which economic historian emphasized the “advantage of relative backwardness” and the role of special institutional factors (like banks and the state) in follower countries’ industrialization?
- 3What was a major consequence of the tacit nature of technological knowledge in pre-industrial societies?
- 4What does the quality–quantity tradeoff theory suggest in the context of industrialization and technology adoption?
- 5According to Acemoglu et al. (2006)’s theory, what is the possible long-run outcome for a follower country that remains far from the world technology frontier?
- 6Which diffusion model posits that a non-adopter adopts only when the fraction of adopters around them exceeds an individual threshold?
- 7Which of the following is listed as one of the four fundamental determinants of a country’s absorptive capacity?
- 8Which of the following transitions is described as being directly influenced by the adoption of frontier technologies?
- 9According to the discussion of adoption → innovation transitions, what strategic shift is described when a follower country gets closer to the world technology frontier?
- 10Which historical event is identified as marking the major shift from nomadic to settled agricultural societies (the starting point for many later technological advances)?
- 11Which of the following best explains why some countries are richer, more urbanized, and more integrated into the global economy today?
- 12Which pair is identified as key causes that can make a frontier technology inappropriate for a follower country?
- 13Which of the following best describes the impact of the Malthusian Trap on pre-industrial societies?
- 14What does David Landes’s “marathon race” metaphor mainly emphasize about technology and economic history?
- 15Which of the following best reflects the core idea of Gerschenkron’s “advantage of relative backwardness”?
- 16What is the typical outcome for a country that adopts frontier technologies in terms of its economic structure?
- 17Why was technological change in pre-industrial times often sporadic and discontinuous?
- 18Which of the following might be the definition of 'a technology spillover'?
- 19Which statement best describes the intensive margin of technology adoption?
- 20Which of the following best describes one major reason for the Great Divergence in living standards across countries during and after the first Industrial Revolution?