This paper investigates whether the existence of knowledge spillovers, differences in the capacity of firms to … discrete choice models. The empirical exercise provides evidence on the positive link between spillovers and the innovative … spillovers. This ability not only works through firms’ R&D capabilities, but also through such factors as the quality of the …

-sectional differences in size and total factor productivity between patentee firms and non-patentee firms, changes in patent … total factor productivity. This evidence suggests that patenting is associated with firm growth through new product … innovations (firm scope) rather than through reduction in the cost of producing existing products (firm productivity). Consistent …