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We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …) firm growth independent of firm size, as stated in the so-called Gibrat's law, and (iii) R&D investment proportional to …
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This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax …. Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R&D -- even for the firms that lobbied for the tax …
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decrease their Ramp;D spending (our main proxy for long-term investment) more than Japanese firms. We find no evidence that …
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, and the effects of different investment profiles on total factor productivity growth on Dutch firm-level data. We estimate … an integrated model of investment profile adoption and total factor productivity growth. We find that the three … investment decisions are complementary, in the sense that investing in one increases the probability of investing in another one …
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The empirical analysis in quot;International Ramp;D Spilloversquot; (Coe and Helpman, 1995) is first revisited by applying modern panel cointegration estimation techniques to an expanded data set that we have constructed for the purpose of this study. The new estimates confirm the key results...
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This paper considers cost-reducing R&D investment with spillovers in a Cournot oligopoly with overlapping ownership. We …
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This paper presents a comparative analysis of productivity growth in the U.S. and Japanese electrical machinery industries in the postwar period. This industry has experienced rapid growth in output and productivity and high rates of capital formation in both countries. A substantial amount of...
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We estimate and compare the production structures of the US, Japanese, and Korean total manufacturing sectors for the 1974-1990 period. We employ a translog variable cost function that includes such inputs as labor, materials, physical and R&D capital with the physical and R&D capital treated as...
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This paper is a contribution to the small but growing literature that compares the investment and R&D behavior of … of a simple error-corrected investment model for both ordinary investment and for R&D investment, a model that … incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …
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Official government statistics on the "mission-distribution" ofU.S. R&D investment are based on the assumption that … thosefor major weapons systems. To test the hypothesis of, and estimate thequantity of, private investment in 'signaling' R …
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