Global Economy Journal Volume , Issue Article The Role of International Technology Spillovers in the Economic Growth of the OECD Countries Jorge Crespo ∗ Carmela Mart´ ın † Francisco J. Vel´azquez ‡ * assistant professor of Economics at the Universidad Aut´ onoma de Madrid., ecap2z3@sis.ucm.es † professor of Applied Economics at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and direc- tor of the European Economy Group, carmelamartin@ccee.ucm.es ‡ full lecturer at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid., javel@ccee.ucm.es Copyright c 2004 by the authors. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, bepress, which has been given certain exclusive rights by the author. Global Economy Journal is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). http://www.bepress.com/gej