The International Dynamics of R&D and Innovation in the Long Run and in The Short Run

Laura Bottazzi and Giovanni Peri

Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 117, issue 518, 486-511

Abstract: In this article we estimate the dynamic relationship between employment in R&D and generation of knowledge as measured by patent applications across OECD countries. In several recently developed models, known as 'idea-based' models of growth, the 'idea-generating' process is the engine of productivity growth. Moreover, in real business cycle models technological shocks are an important source of fluctuations. Our empirical strategy is able to test whether knowledge spillovers are strong enough to generate sustained endogenous growth and to estimate the quantitative impact of international knowledge on technological innovation of a country in the short and in the long run. Copyright 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2007.

Date: 2007
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