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The cost of knowledge and productivity growth

In: The Evolutionary Complexity of Endogenous Innovation

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  • Cristiano Antonelli
  • Agnieszka Gehringer

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This chapter shows how and why the use of external knowledge is necessary to complement the recombinant generation of new knowledge. When access to external knowledge occurs at costs below the social value of knowledge, firms benefit from pecuniary knowledge externalities and are actually able to introduce productivity-enhancing innovations. The empirical evidence on 20 OECD countries confirms that the growth of total factor productivity is negatively associated with the costs of knowledge. Total factor productivity thus increases faster where and when the costs of knowledge are lower.

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  • Cristiano Antonelli & Agnieszka Gehringer, 2018. "The cost of knowledge and productivity growth," Chapters, in: The Evolutionary Complexity of Endogenous Innovation, chapter 7, pages 151-175, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:18031_7
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