R&D and Productivity in High-Tech Manufacturing: A Comparison between Italy and Spain
Using data for 12 manufacturing industries over the period 1980-2006, we perform for Italy and Spain a dynamic panel estimation of the long-run elasticity of total factor productivity (TFP) with respect to R&D capital. In spite of recording a level of R&D capital lower than Italian industries, the technology-based industries in Spain have experienced a similar or higher long-run impact on TFP. This is mainly attributable to what occurred from the mid-1990s onwards when, thanks to increasing R&D efforts, the Spanish industries have been able to catch up with respect to the Italian ones. These findings suggest that, also in countries classified as technology followers, R&D investment is a crucial condition for boosting manufacturing productivity.
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2014
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Authors: | Sterlacchini, Alessandro ; Venturini, Francesco |
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Industry and Innovation. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1366-2716. - Vol. 21.2014, 5, p. 359-379
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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