International R&D spillovers

David T. Coe; Elhanan Helpman

doi:10.1016/0014-2921(94)00100-E

International R&D spillovers

David T. Coe
, Elhanan Helpman^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Economics

International Monetary Fund
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

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Abstract

A model is presented based on recent theories of economic growth that treat commercially oriented innovation efforts as a major engine of technological progress. We study the extent to which a country's total factor productivity depends not only on domestic R&D capital but also on foreign R&D capital. Our estimates indicate that foreign R&D has beneficial effects on domestic productivity, and that these are stronger the more open an economy is to foreign trade. Moreover, the estimated rates of return on R&D are very high, both in terms of domestic output and international spillovers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	859-887
Number of pages	29
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	39
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(94)00100-E
State	Published - May 1995

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U.S.-Israel BSF
National Science Foundation

UN SDGs

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Productivity
R&D
Spillover

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