R&D and Productivity: The Econometric Evidence Book

Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

I: The Conceptual Framework

2: Issues in Assessing the Contribution of Research and Development to Productivity Growth

II: R&D and Productivity at the Firm Level: The Evidence

3: Returns to Research and Development Expenditures in the Private Sector
4: Productivity, R&D, and Basic Research at the Firm Level in the 1970s
5: Productivity and R&D at the Firm Level
6: Productivity Growth and R&D at the Business Level: Results from the PIMS Data Base
7: Comparing Productivity Growth: An Exploration of French and U.S. Industrial and Firm Data
8: R&D and Productivity Growth: Comparing Japanese and U.S. Manufacturing Firms

III: R&D and Productivity at the Industry Level

9: R&D and Productivity Growth at the Industry Level: Is There Still a Relationship?
10: Interindustry Technology Flows and Productivity Growth: A Reexamination
11: The Search for R&D Spillovers
12: R&D and Productivity: The Unfinished Business

IV: Patent Statistics

13: Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey

V: Interim Conclusions

14: Productivity, R&D, and the Data Constraint


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