Atella, Vincenzo; Quintieri, Beniamino - In: Applied Economics 33 (2001) 11, pp. 1385-1389
Recently, several studies have emphasized the role of R&D expenditure in determining Total Factor Productivity (TFP). In this paper it is shown that the relationship between R&D variables and TFP is far from being established. In particular, by using data for the Italian economy, it is found...