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R&D spillovers through trade in a panel of OECD industries

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This paper investigates the significance of Research and Development (R&D) spillovers through intra- and international trade in intermediate goods for productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries during 1973-1994. In the model, four different sources of R&D are identified: R&D conducted in the particular industry itself, R&D conducted in the same industries in other countries, R&D conducted in other domestic industries, and R&D conducted in other foreign industries. I find that among R&D sources the most important contributions to productivity growth come from the domestic R&D efforts. Here, own R&D is important for both domestic innovation and for the productivity catch-up process. Evidence that international R&D spillovers also have significant effects on productivity growth is found to be less robust. My analysis also shows that human capital affects productivity directly as a factor of production.

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  • Bulent Unel, 2008. "R&D spillovers through trade in a panel of OECD industries," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 105-133.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:17:y:2008:i:1:p:105-133
    DOI: 10.1080/09638190701728024
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    1. Bergman, Karin, 2011. "Productivity Effects of Privately and Publicly Funded R&D," Working Papers 2011:28, Lund University, Department of Economics.
    2. V. Pradeep & Mita Bhattacharya & Jong-Rong Chen, 2017. "Spillover Effects of Research and Development, Exports and Foreign Investment on Productivity," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 12(1), pages 18-41, April.
    3. Jan Van Hove, 2008. "The Impact of R&D Spillovers on Export Value: Does the Transmission Channel matter?," Working Papers 2008.3, International Network for Economic Research - INFER.
    4. Christina Poetzsch, 2017. "Technology transfer on a two-way street: R&D spillovers through intermediate input usage and supply," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 153(4), pages 735-751, November.
    5. Xian-Liang Tian, 2017. "Estimating sectoral product quality under quality heterogeneity," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 153(1), pages 137-176, February.
    6. Goñi, Edwin & Maloney, William F., 2017. "Why don’t poor countries do R&D? Varying rates of factor returns across the development process," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 126-147.

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