between appropriability mechanisms, innovation and firm-level productivity. We enrich this model in several ways. First, we … estimate the impact of the innovation output conditional on the choice of appropriability mechanisms on firms' productivity. We … consider different types of innovation spending and study the differences in estimates when innovation spending (rather than R …

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain … productivity (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are … and the UK using firm-level data from the internationally harmonized Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3). Despite a …

Firms that export or, even more so, are part of a multinational enterprise tend to exhibit higher productivity than … organization that one of the main drivers of differences in productivity is differences in knowledge. We examine a new data set of … information. We also find that the relative importance of knowledge sources varies systematically with the type of innovation …

We examine productivity growth since World War II in the five leading research economies: West Germany, France, the … present a multicountry model of technological innovation and diffusion which has the implication that, for a wide range of … productivity, research, and patenting, we simulate the growth of the five countries, given initial productivity levels in 1950 and …

An inventor's own knowledge is a key input in the innovation process. This knowledge can be built by interacting with … and patents. We document key empirical facts on inventors' productivity over the life cycle, inventors' research teams … better inventors are very strongly correlated with higher subsequent productivity. These facts motivate the main ingredients …

demand, borrowing-constraints and the profitability of engaging in innovation (R&D). We decompose the effects of RER changes … on average firm-level productivity growth across regions into these channels. We then structurally estimate the model and … growth of firm-level productivity and cash-flow and higher export entry rates. We find negative average effects for firms in …

a model of endogenous growth with frictions. Productivity increases with knowledge, which advances via innovation, and … innovation. First, intermediation allows us to finance more transactions with fewer assets. Second, it ameliorates certain …, suggesting that technology transfer is a significant source of innovation and showing how it is affected by credit considerations …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements …

. After linking these ideas to the induced innovation literature of the 1960s and the more recent directed technological …