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Technological spillovers and productivity in Italian manufacturing firms
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posted on 2007-07-10, 12:37 authored by Claudio Piga, Giuseppe MeddaWe study whether a firm’s total factor productivity dynamics is positively influenced by its own R&D activity and by the technological spillovers generated at the intra- and inter-sectorial level. Our approach corrects simultaneously for the endogeneity and the selectivity biases introduced by the use of a firm’s own R&D as a regressor. A firm’s involvement in R&D activities accounts for significant productivity gains. Firms also benefit from spillovers originating from their own industries, as well as from innovative upstream sectors.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Economics
Publication date
2007Notes
This is a working paper and is also available at: http://ideas.repec.org/p/lbo/lbowps/2007_17.html.ISSN
1750-4171Language
- en