Can Innovation Explain the Increasing Growth Differences in the 1990s?

Karl Aiginger

Austrian Economic Quarterly, 2002, vol. 7, issue 3, 132-155

Abstract: The growth in manufacturing output and productivity is related to several indicators of innovation activities: research, human capital, knowledge, capabilities and the use of information and communication technology. Additionally, the need for restructuring forced mature and capital-intensive industries throughout Europe to increase their productivity. The impact of innovation on growth and productivity seems to have been stronger in the USA than in Europe. This is a result of industry patterns and the cumulative nature of causes and effects. Only a small set of European top countries manages to close the gap towards the USA with respect to some innovation indicators and are successfully contesting the USA.

Keywords: Growth differences; growth drivers; productivity; European Union; USA; Can Innovation Explain the Increasing Growth Differences in the 1990s? (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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