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Technological convergence, R&D, trade and productivity growth

Cameron, Gavin, Proudman, James and Redding, Stephen (2005) Technological convergence, R&D, trade and productivity growth. European Economic Review, 49 (3). pp. 775-807. ISSN 0014-2921

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Identification Number: 10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00070-9

Abstract

This paper analyses productivity growth in a panel of 14 United Kingdom manufacturing industries since 1970. Innovation and technology transfer provide two potential sources of productivity growth for a country behind the technological frontier. We examine the roles played by research and development (R&D), international trade, and human capital in stimulating each source of productivity growth. Technology transfer is statistically significant and quantitatively important. While R&D raises rates of innovation, international trade enhances the speed of technology transfer. Human capital primarily affects output through private rates of return (captured in our index of labour quality) rather than measured TFP.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eer
Additional Information: © 2005 Elsevier
Divisions: Centre for Economic Performance
Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output (Income) Convergence
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O30 - General
Date Deposited: 15 Sep 2008 10:26
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2024 05:42
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/16115

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