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The Impact of Public Capital, Human Capital, and Knowledgeon Aggregate Output
Joutz, Frederick L.; Abdih, Yasser - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
additional factor input. We use patent applications to proxy for knowledge/technology stocks and adjust labor hours for changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263996
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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Progress toward growth objectives suffered from exogenous shocks. A substantial improvement was observed in certain social indicators, particularly in the health and education sectors. The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) is reputed to be a framework for convergence of all interventions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591425
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Productivity in the OECD Countries; A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence
Calderón, César - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
The failure of the neoclassical growth model to account for differences in output per worker across countries has suggested that these differences should be driven by cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper discusses various measures of productivity and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264011
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RandD, innovation, and Economic Growth; An Empirical Analysis
Ulku, Hulya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper investigates the main postulations of the R&D based growth models that innovation is created in the R …&D sectors and it enables sustainable economic growth, provided that there are constant returns to innovation in terms of R …&D. The analysis employs various panel data techniques and uses patent and R&D data for 20 OECD and 10 Non-OECD countries for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826633
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Do Technology Shocks Lead to Productivity Slowdowns? Evidence From Patent Data
Christiansen, Lone Engbo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
benchmark measure of technological progress is given by data on patent applications in the U.S. over the period 1889-2002. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768749
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The Impact of Research and Development Tax Incentiveson Colombia's Manufacturing Sector; What Difference Do they Make?
Mercer-Blackman, Valerie - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Do tax incentives for science and technology stimulate additional investment? We use detailed data on applications and acceptances for R&D tax incentives, a special survey, and for the first time, the science and technology module from the 2000-2002 Survey of Manufacturers database in Colombia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768986
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Treating Intangible Inputs As Investment Goods; The Impacton Canadian GDP
Belhocine, Nazim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper constructs a data set to document firms' expenditures on an identifiable list of intangible items and examines the implications of treating intangible spending as an acquisition of final (investment) goods on GDP growth for Canada. It finds that investment in intangible capital by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540916
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Productivity Growth, Technological Convergence, RandD, Trade, and Labor Markets; Evidence From the French Manufacturing Sector
Khan, Tehmina S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Total factor productivity (TFP) of 14 manufacturing sectors in France has kept up with that of the United States during 1980-2002 and remained well above that of the United Kingdom. Estimates using a dynamic panel equilibrium correction model indicate that sectors further behind the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599272
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Relating the Knowledge Production Function to total Factor Productivity; An Endogenous Growth Puzzle
Joutz, Frederick L.; Abdih, Yasser - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The knowledge production function is central to R&D-based growth models. This paper empirically investigates the knowledge production function and intertemporal spillover effects using cointegration techniques. Time-series evidence suggests there are two long-run cointegrating relationships. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605296
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Leadership Contestability, Monopolistic Rents and Growth
Piazza, Roberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
innovate in equilibrium, in an attempt to force followers out of the innovation game. Second, policies (such as patents) that …I construct an endogenous growth model where R&D is carried out at the industry level in a game of innovation between … leaders and followers. Innovation costs for followers are assumed to increase with the technological lag from leaders. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876600