Measuring the Impact of Direct and Indirect R&D on the Productivity Growth of Industries: Using the Yale Technology Concordance |
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Authors: | Hans van Meijl |
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Affiliation: | Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI-DLO) , Burgemeester Patijnlaan 19, PO Box 29703, The Hague, LS, NL-2502, The Netherlands E-mail: j.c.m.vanmeijl@lei.dlo.nl |
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Abstract: | This paper investigates the impact of direct and indirect R&D on the productivity growth of 30 French industries during the period 1978–92. The main aim of this paper is to assess the appropriateness of the Yale Technology Concordance (YTC) as a proxy for indirect R&D flows. We compare the effect on productivity growth of the Yale proxy with the traditional proxy based on goods input–output flows, and assess their suitability for different groups of industries. Results indicate that the indirect YTC proxy performs slightly better than the traditional proxy, as a result of superior performance in the high-tech and service sectors in particular. |
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Keywords: | Yale Technology Concordance input–output data total factor productiv-ity growth R& D spillovers France |
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