Cross-country difference in R&D productivity Comparison of 11 European economies

Hans Lööf () and Maxim Savin ()
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Maxim Savin: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Postal: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

No 294, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: This paper examines differences in R&D productivity across a group of geographically adjacent economies. By distributing close to 355,000 patents across 18 industries in 11 countries, we find clear and systematic country patterns when taking into account differences in industrial structure, institutional arrangements and R&D intensity. This finding supports the argument that innovation systems are important for an industry’s capacity to generate new patentable knowledge.

Keywords: Patent; R&D; Innovation; international comparison; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 O33 O50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2012-12-19, Revised 2013-03-13
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