Negri, João Alberto De; Esteves, Luiz; Freitas, Fernando - Departamento de Economia, Universidade Federal do Paraná - 2007
The aim of this study is to gauge the impact of the production of knowledge on the accumulation of fixed capital in Brazil. The hypothesis is that investment in R&D causes investment in fixed capital in Brazilian industrial firms. The empirical estimates rest on an IPEA database for information...