Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023
The fraction of R&D active firms decreased in Switzerland but increased in the Netherlands from 2000-2016. This paper … examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity … but not in the Netherlands, explaining the diverging R&D trends. Yet, counterfactual analyses show that policies should …