Measuring the Returns to R&D

Bronwyn Hall, Jacques Mairesse and Pierre Mohnen

No 15622, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We review the econometric literature on measuring the returns to R&D. The theoretical frameworks that have been used are outlined, followed by an extensive discussion of measurement and econometric issues that arise when estimating the models. We then provide a series of tables summarizing the major results that have been obtained and conclude with a presentation of R&D spillover returns measurement. In general, the private returns to R&D are strongly positive and somewhat higher than those for ordinary capital, while the social returns are even higher, although variable and imprecisely measured in many cases.

JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-12
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Published as easuring the returns to R&D, with Jacques Mairesse and Pierre Mohnen, November 2009. Draft of chapter prepared for the Elsevier Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, B. H. Hall and N. Rosenberg (eds.), April 2010.

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