This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain … productivity (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are … and the UK using firm-level data from the internationally harmonized Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3). Despite a …

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across four European countries, France, Germany, Spain … productivity (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are …, and the UK, using firm-level data from the internationally harmonized Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3). Despite a …

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain … still rare. We apply a structural model that describes the link between R&D expenditure, innovation output and productivity … (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are remarkably …

Many sectors of the UK economy experienced rapid productivity growth over the 1980's. This coincided with an increase … use more intermediate goods. They also pay their workers higher wages. Differences in levels of total factor productivity …

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in … productivity growth. …