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Innovation in China: the rise of Chinese inventors in the production of knowledge

Griffith, Rachel; Miller, Helen - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2011

In 2010 China was the world's fourth largest filer of patent applications. This followed a decade of unprecedented increases in investment in skills and Research and Development. If current trends continue China could rank first in the very near future. We provide evidence that the growth in...

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Employment protection legislation, multinational firms and innovation

Griffith, Rachel; Macartney, Gareth - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2010

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is … technologically advanced innovation. In this paper we find empirical evidence that both effects are at work - multinational … innovation in countries with low EPL. …

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Employment Protection Legislation, Multinational Firms and Innovation

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

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Product Market Reform and Innovation in the EU

Griffith, Rachel; Harrison, Rupert; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme … with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we … reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovation and productivity growth. …

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The Effects of Entry on Incumbent Innovation and Productivity

Aghion, Philippe; Blundell, Richard William; Griffith, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … sectors which differ by their distance to the technological frontier. We show that entry threat spurs innovation incentives in … technologically advanced sectors - successful innovation allows incumbents to prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages …

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Incentives and Managerial Experience in Multi-Task Teams: Evidence from Within a Firm

Griffith, Rachel; Neely, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a multi-dimensional group incentive scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm. The scheme, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard, was implemented in all branches in one division, but not in...

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Corporate taxes and the location of intellectual property

Griffith, Rachel; Miller, Helen; O'Connell, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The literature suggests that tax rates on mobile activities should fall to zero. Intellectual property is very mobile and has grown in importance. Firms can use intellectual property to shift income offshore and reduce their corporate income tax liability. Yet most intellectual property is held...

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Mapping the two faces of R&D: productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Reenen, John Van - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2000

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …

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The location of innovative activity in Europe

Abramovsky, Laura; Griffith, Rachel; Macartney, Gareth; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2008

In this paper we use new data to describe how firms from 15 European countries organise their innovative activities. The data matches firm level accounting data with information on the patents that those firms and their subsidiaries have applied for at the European Patents Office. We describe...

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ICT, corporate restructuring and productivity

Abramovsky, Laura; Griffith, Rachel - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2009

Stronger productivity growth in the US than the EU over the late 1990s is widely attributed to faster, more widespread adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). The literature has emphasised complementarities in production between ICT and internal restructuring as an important...

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