Dynamic Count Data Models of Technological Innovation

Richard Blundell (), Rachel Griffith and John van Reenen

Economic Journal, 1995, vol. 105, issue 429, 333-44

Abstract: This paper examines the application of count data models to firm level panel data on technological innovations. The model the authors propose exhibits dynamic feedback and unobserved heterogeneity. We develop a fixed effects estimator that generalizes the standard Poisson and negative binomial models allowing for dynamic feedback through both the firm's stock of knowledge and its product market power. By using the long pre-sample history of innovation information this 'entry stock' estimator is shown to control for correlated fixed effects and is compared with an alternative nonlinear GMM estimator. We find evidence of history dependence in innovation activity although variables reflecting the company's economic environment are also found to play a major role. Copyright 1995 by Royal Economic Society.

Date: 1995
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