This paper consists in a detailed robustness investigation of the Crépon, Duguet and Mairesse [1998] (CDM) econometric framework, which encompasses as a reduced form equation the production function extended to R&D, as pioneered by Zvi Griliches. We focus on the sensitivity of the estimated...

We use data from the 1997 to 2001 surveys on Research and Development in Canadian Industry to examine whether knowledge flows from universities to enterprises decrease with distance. It is found that a 10% increase in distance decreases the proportion of total R&D paid to a university by 1.4...

The purpose of this study is to estimate the production structure and the adjustement dynamics in the manufacturing sector of Québec between 1962 and 1983. A dynamic model with adjustement costs and rational expectations is estimated by the generalized method of moments. The results indicate...