Arbeitspapier

Resource misallocation in the presence of R&D spillovers

We study resource misallocation by explicitly modelling R&D input and knowledge spillovers. The effects of R&D and spillovers on firm-level productivity are extensively studied in applied work, but not in the context of resource misallocation. We establish that, in the presence of spillovers, efficient resource allocation requires that more productive firms face higher R&D input prices. Analysing UK firmlevel data, we find that the output gains from correcting misallocation are greatly overestimated when spillovers are ignored. Output losses due to capital distortions dominate those from labour and R&D inputs. Adopting a wrong R&D policy could lead to significant output losses.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Cardiff Economics Working Papers ; No. E2023/24

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Thema
resource misallocation
productivity
R&D spillover
the UK manufacturing firms

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Li, Kun
Azacis, Helmuts
Luintel, Kul Bahadur
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School
(wo)
Cardiff
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Li, Kun
  • Azacis, Helmuts
  • Luintel, Kul Bahadur
  • Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School

Entstanden

  • 2023

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