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R&D, patenting and growth : the role of public policy
Westmore, Ben - 2013
– proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation … these measures of innovation intensity and MFP growth. Innovation-specific policies such as R&D tax incentives, direct … forthcoming. A pervasive theme from the analysis is the importance of coupling policies aimed at encouraging innovation or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767751
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Do resources flow to patenting firms? : cross-country evidence from firm level data
Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara; Menon, Carlo - 2014
This paper exploits longitudinal data on firm performance and patenting activity for 23 OECD countries over the period 2003-2010 to explore the extent to which changes in the patent stock are associated with flows of capital and labour to patenting firms. While the finding that patenting is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375391
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Import competition, domestic regulation and firm-level productivity growth in the OECD
Yahmed, Sarra Ben; Dougherty, Sean M. - 2012
This paper examines how import penetration affects firms' productivity growth taking into account the heterogeneity in firms' distance to the efficiency frontier and country differences in product market regulation. Using firm-level data for a large number of OECD countries, the analysis reveals...
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