Research efficiency in manufacturing: an application of DEA at the industry level

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This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four nonmember countries during 2000 and 2004. A unique dataset was compiled that matches patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) to industry-specific R&D inputs from EU KLEMS. We find that Germany, the United States, and Denmark have the highest efficiency scores on average in total manufacturing. The main industries that are at the technology frontier are those involved in electrical and optical equipment and machinery. Separate frontier estimations for these industries, conducted without the constraint of a constant technology frontier, provide additional support for our results.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 884

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: R&D efficiency ; industry level ; data envelopment analysis ; manufacturing ; Industrielle Forschung ; Patent ; Technische Effizienz ; Data-Envelopment-Analyse ; Deutschland ; USA ; Dänemark

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens ; Zloczysti, Petra
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/29828
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