| Autor: |
Marla Ripoll, Shuichiro Nishioka |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
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| Zdroj: |
European Economic Review. 56:1573-1592 |
| ISSN: |
0014-2921 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.08.004 |
| Popis: |
This paper explores a novel way to evaluate the extent to which R&D knowledge embodied in intermediate inputs correlates with productivity at the industry level. We propose the concept of the R&D content of intermediates, which represents the knowledge stock embodied in the intermediate inputs used in production. Using a sample of 32 countries and 13 manufacturing industries we compute the elasticity of industry-level TFP with respect to the R&D content of intermediates. We find that among high-R&D industries, the R&D embodied in inputs purchased from the own industry is significantly associated with industry-level TFP. In this case, both own-industry domestic inputs as well as those imported from the G5 countries are relevant. In contrast, intermediate input trade does not appear to be a significant channel of R&D diffusion among low-R&D industries. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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