Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues … of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover effects … from intangible investment at the market sector level, including from R&D, (b) strong evidence of market sector spillovers …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees … inventors crowd out native inventors, or an underestimate if immigrants have positive spill-overs on inventors. Using a 1940 …

into account firm heterogeneity. We find support for the prediction that competition has a negative effect on innovation … are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of competition on … innovation. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more in innovation …

increasing team size that we call the "racing against time" hypothesis: With innovation races more competitive globally, R … more R&D personnel. We test this hypothesis against a natural experiment that took place in 1995 when the U.S. patent law …

Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues … evidence of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover … spillovers from public R&D spend on research councils, and (c) no evidence of market sector spillovers from public spending on …

While there has been a large empirical literature on productivity spillovers from foreign to domestic firms this …

(i.e., spillovers). Providing evidence from a larger sample of countries and greater variety of firms than existing … studies, with separate estimates by firm size, age, and sector, we show: a) backward spillovers (stemming from supplying a … foreign firm in the host country or exporting to a foreign firm) are consistently positive; b) horizontal spillovers are …

set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990's. There is evidence that banking development affects … the probability of process innovation, particularly for small firms and for firms in high(er) tech sectors and in sectors … more dependent upon external finance. The evidence for product innovation is weaker. There is also some evidence that …