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Institutions, innovation and growth : Evidence from industry data

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  • Florent Silve
  • Alexander Plekhanov

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This paper looks at the link between the quality of economic institutions and innovation, and innovation and growth. We construct a measure of the innovation content of individual manufacturing industries and show that countries with stronger economic institutions specialize in more innovation‐intensive industries. Our results also provide evidence that industries involving higher levels of innovation grow relatively faster in countries with better economic institutions. The results suggest that innovation is an important channel through which higher quality economic institutions contribute to better growth performance in the long run.

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  • Florent Silve & Alexander Plekhanov, 2018. "Institutions, innovation and growth : Evidence from industry data," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 26(3), pages 335-362, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:etrans:v:26:y:2018:i:3:p:335-362
    DOI: 10.1111/ecot.12148
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