Research & development and growth: A Bayesian model averaging analysis |
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Authors: | Roman Horvath |
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Affiliation: | IES, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;UTIA, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | We examine the effect of research and development (R&D) on long-term economic growth using the Bayesian model averaging (BMA) to deal rigorously with model uncertainty. Previous empirical studies, which applied BMA, investigated the effect of dozens of regressors on long-term growth, but they did not examine the effect of R&D due to data unavailability. We extend these studies by proposing to capture the investment in R&D by the number of Nobel prizes in science. Using our indicator, the estimates show that R&D exerts a positive effect on long-term growth. This result is robust to many different parameter and model prior structures as well as to alternative definitions of R&D indicator. |
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Keywords: | JEL Classification: O30 O32 O10 |
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