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Sectoral Productivity Growth and R&D Spillovers in the Netherlands
Nahuis,R. Tang,P.J.G.
Nahuis,R.
Tang,P.J.G.
Abstract
This paper assesses empirically whether R&D spillovers are important and whether they originate from domestic or foreign activities. Data for eleven sectors are used to explain the impact on total factor productivity of R&D by the sector itself, by other Dutch sectors and by foreign sectors. We find that both domestic and foreign R&D are significant for the Dutch economy. The elasticity of total factor productivity with respect to R&D is approximately 35% for R&D by the sector itself, 18% for R&D by other Dutch sectors and 1½% for R&D by foreign sectors. Our findings also suggest that more R&D speeds up the absorption of foreign technologies. These results are confirmed in an analysis where we look at manufacturing and services separately. We find one difference: R&D in the service sectors helps to absorb foreign technologies, whereas R&D in manufacturing does not.
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Pagination: 45
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1999
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Macroeconomics
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R&D spillovers, productivity growth, O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights, O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity, F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations, F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Nahuis, R & Tang, P J G 1999 'Sectoral Productivity Growth and R &D Spillovers in the Netherlands' CentER Discussion Paper, vol. 1999-15, Macroeconomics, Tilburg.