nep-tid New Economics Papers
on Technology and Industrial Dynamics
Issue of 2011‒11‒07
three papers chosen by
Rui Baptista
Technical University of Lisbon
  1. Looking into the black box of Schumpeterian Growth Theories: an empirical assessment of R&D races By Francesco Venturini
  2. R&D, MARKETSTRUCTURE AND APPROPRIABILITY IN THE BRAZILIAN MANUFACTURING By Gilson Geraldino Silva Jr
  3. Firm Growth and the Spatial Impact of Geolocated External Factors – Empirical Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms By Matthias Duschl; Antje Schimke; Thomas Brenner; Dennis Luxen
  1. By: Francesco Venturini
    Abstract: This paper assesses whether the most important R&D technologies at the roots of second-generation Schumpeterian growth theories are consistent with patenting and innovation statistics. Using US manufacturing industry data, we estimate various systems of simultaneous equations modeling the innovation functions underlying growth frameworks based on variety expansion, diminishing technological opportunities and rent protection activities. Our evidence indicates that innovation functions characterized by the increasing difficulty of R&D activity fit US data better. This finding relaunches the debate on the soundness of the new Schumpeterian strand of endogenous growth literature.
    Keywords: R&D, patenting, Schumpeterian growth, US manufacturing.
    JEL: O31 O41 O42
    Date: 2011–09–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pia:wpaper:94/2011&r=tid
  2. By: Gilson Geraldino Silva Jr
    Date: 2011
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:anp:en2009:140&r=tid
  3. By: Matthias Duschl (Department of Geography, Philipps University Marburg); Antje Schimke (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)); Thomas Brenner (Department of Geography, Philipps University Marburg); Dennis Luxen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
    Abstract: In this paper the relationship between firm growth and external knowledge sources, such as related firms and universities, is studied. The spatial characteristics of these relationships are examined by geolocating firms into a more realistic relational space using travel time distances and using flexible distance decay function specifications. This approach properly accounts for growth relevant knowledge spillovers and allows for estimating their spatial range and functional form. Applying quantile regression techniques on a large sample of German manufacturing firms, we show that the impact of external factors substantially differ along firms’ size, type of knowledge source and growth level.
    Keywords: Firm growth, external factors, universities, agglomeration, space, spatial range, distance decay functions, knowledge spillovers, high growth firms, quantile regression
    JEL: C31 D92 L25 R11
    Date: 2011–10
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pum:wpaper:2011-03&r=tid
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