We study whether a firm's total factor productivity dynamics is positively influenced by its own R&D activity and by the technological spillovers generated at the intra- and inter-sectorial level. Our approach corrects simultaneously for the endogeneity and the selectivity biases introduced by the use of a firm's own R&D as a regressor. The evidence suggests that a firm's involvement in R&D activities accounts for significant productivity gains. Firms also benefit from spillovers originating from their own industries, as well as from innovative upstream sectors. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Technological spillovers and productivity in Italian manufacturing firms
Piga C.
2014-01-01
Abstract
We study whether a firm's total factor productivity dynamics is positively influenced by its own R&D activity and by the technological spillovers generated at the intra- and inter-sectorial level. Our approach corrects simultaneously for the endogeneity and the selectivity biases introduced by the use of a firm's own R&D as a regressor. The evidence suggests that a firm's involvement in R&D activities accounts for significant productivity gains. Firms also benefit from spillovers originating from their own industries, as well as from innovative upstream sectors. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.File in questo prodotto:
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