This paper studies the links between productivity, innovation and research at the firm level. We introduce three new … features: (i) A structural model that explains productivity by innovation output, and innovation output by research investment … of firms engage in research activities and/or apply for patents; productivity, innovation and research are endogenously …

at the firm level. The first part of our analysis is dedicated to the determinants of innovation and reveals two … different innovation regimes. On the one hand, radical innovations rely strongly on firm-level spillovers, including property … TFP growth, so that innovation height matters. Evidences show that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of …

Innovation Survey collected by the French Service des Statistiques Industrielles (SESSI), which contain firms' responses to …