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How Special is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of US R&D Spillovers on UK Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing

Griffith, Rachel; Harrison, Rupert; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

’ hypothesis that foreign research labs located on US soil tap into US R&D spillovers and improve home country productivity. Using … firms’ Total Factor Productivity would have been at least 5% lower in 2000 (about $14bn) in the absence of the US R&D growth …

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Is Distance Dying at Last? Falling Home Bias in Fixed Effects Models of Patent Citations

Griffith, Rachel; Lee, Sokbae; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We examine the 'home bias' of international knowledge spillovers as measured by the speed of patent citations (i.e. knowledge spreads slowly over international boundaries). We present the first compelling econometric evidence that the geographical localization of knowledge spillovers has fallen...

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Productivity Convergence and Foreign Ownership at the Establishment Level

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen J.; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at … technological frontier, and therefore make a contribution to productivity growth through technology transfer. We also find evidence …

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Employment Protection Legislation, Multinational Firms and Innovation

Griffith, Rachel; Macartney, Gareth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is ambiguous, and empirical evidence has thus far been inconclusive. EPL increases job security and the greater enforceability of job contracts may increase worker investment in innovative...

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Foreign Ownership and Productivity: New Evidence from the Service Sector and the R&D Lab

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen J.; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

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