Arbeitspapier
R&D decisions and productivity growth: Evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
The fraction of R&D active firms decreased in Switzerland but increased in the Netherlands from 2000-2016. This paper examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland but not in the Netherlands, explaining the diverging R&D trends. Yet, counterfactual analyses show that policies should prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. TI 2023-080/VI
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Economywide Country Studies: Europe
- Thema
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R&D
innovation
imitation
R&D costs
policy
productivity growth
traveling wave
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dobbelaere, Sabien
König, Michael D.
Spescha, Andrin
Wörter, Martin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Tinbergen Institute
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dobbelaere, Sabien
- König, Michael D.
- Spescha, Andrin
- Wörter, Martin
- Tinbergen Institute
Entstanden
- 2023
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