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Spillovers, Linkages, and Technical Change

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  • Wolff, E.N.

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Using U.S. input-output data for the period 1958 to 1987, I find strong evidence that industry TFP growth is significantly related to the TFP performance of sypplying sectors, with an elasticity of almost 60 percent.

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  • Wolff, E.N., 1996. "Spillovers, Linkages, and Technical Change," Working Papers 96-37, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
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    Keywords

    PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O39 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Other
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
    • C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models

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