This paper surveys econometric studies investigating the relationship between R&D and productivity at the firm level and assesses the results obtained so far and some of the problems encountered. The findings reviewed fall naturally into three major categories: based on the cross-sectional or...

[eng] Tentative estimates of qualitative factors of productivity, . by Jacques Mairesse, Mohamed Sassenou.. . Besides taking into account the two main production factors, i.e. capital and labour as usually measured, the present study is an attempt to assess the influence of some qualitative...

[eng] Economic and financial reasons for capital increase : an empirical survey on the french market . Today, cash capital increase has become an essential way of financing a booming company. Theoretically, several explanations can justify this. We shall therefore try to see from an empirical...

In this study, we analyze the costs incurred by French commercial banks and savings institutions. One of the main distinctions between these two types of financial entities concerns management costs, which are higher for commercial bank demand deposits than for the savings institutions' tax-free...

This paper is a contribution to the small but growing literature that compares the investment and R&D behavior of manufacturing firms in large developed countries that have varying financial and capital market institutions. Specifically, we look at two similar samples of French and United States...

This paper is an attempt to assess the existence and magnitude of local research spillovers in France. We rely on the model of an extended production function (Cobb-Douglas and Trans log) with both local and neighborhood R&D capital stocks. We estimate this model on 312 employment areas as of...