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The source of the US /EU productivity gap : less and less efective R&D
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2018
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...
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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476418
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Pandemic effects : do innovation activities of firms suffer from long-Covid?
Trunschke, Markus; Peters, Bettina; Czarnitzki, Dirk; … - 2023 - This version: 2.6.2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected firms in many economies. Exploiting treatment heterogeneity, we use a difference-in-differences design to causally identify the short-run impact of COVID-19 on innovation spending in 2020 and expected innovation spending in subsequent years. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311916
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Doing R&D or not (in a crisis), that is the question...
Cincera, Michele; Cozza, Claudio; Tübke, Alexander; … - 2010
This study investigates how corporate R&D evolves in the light of the contemporary economic crisis. We study empirical evidence from past downturns, discuss the relevant literature, and perform an empirical analysis of recent business survey data (collected during 2009). Pivotal for our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011981968
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The global economic and financial downturn : what does it imply for firms' R&D strategies?
Voigt, Peter; Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro - 2009
SMEs) are supposed to suffer most. In general, the downturn is supposed to accelerate the shift of EU manufacturing towards … by higher R&Dintensity this in turn may have a positive impact on R&D investment figures. But, as structural changes … − well inbetween. However, across the sources, the corridor for the R&D investment change is assumed to be above the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056171
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Profit, accumulation, and crisis : long-term movement of the profit rate in China, Japan, and the United States
Li, Minqi - In: The Chinese economy 50 (2017) 6, pp. 381-404
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822549
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The impact of COVID-19 crisis on Hungarian small- and medium-sized enterprises
Karacsony, Peter - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small … 50 (2023) 2, pp. 243-261
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The impact of the great recession on employment polarization in Spain
Anghel, Brindusa; Rica, Sara de la; Lacuesta, Aitor - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 2/3, pp. 143-171
This article analyzes changes in the occupational employment share in Spain for the period 1997 - 2012 and the way particular sociodemographic groups adapt to those changes. There seems to be clear evidence of employment polarization between 1997 and 2012 that accelerates over the recession....
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Do recessions accelerate routine-biased technological change? : evidence from vacancy postings
Hershbein, Brad; Kahn, Lisa B. - 2016
Routine-biased technological change (RBTC), whereby routine-task jobs are replaced by machines and overseas labor, shifts demand towards high- and low-skill jobs, resulting in job polarization of the U.S. labor market. We test whether recessions accelerate this process. In doing so we establish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446551
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Job Polarization, Skill Mismatch and the Great Recession
Zago, Riccardo - 2020
This paper shows that job polarization has a persistent negative effect on employment opportunities, labor mobility and skill-to-job match quality for mid/low-skilled workers, in particular during downturns. I introduce a model generating an endogenous mapping between skills and jobs, that I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012854010