Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing

35 Pages Posted: 23 May 2013

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Wladimir Raymond

University of Maastricht

Jacques Mairesse

National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST); Maastricht University - United Nations and Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Pierre Mohnen

Maastricht University - UNU-MERIT

Franz C. Palm

University of Maastricht - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Date Written: May 21, 2013

Abstract

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly been estimated on cross-sectional data. It considers four nonlinear dynamic simultaneous equations models that include individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the conditional mean of labor productivity: through an observed binary indicator, an observed intensity variable or through the continuous latent variables that correspond to the observed occurrence or intensity. It estimates these models by full information maximum likelihood using two unbalanced panels of Dutch and French manufacturing firms from three waves of the Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and of stronger persistence in productivity than in innovation.

Keywords: R&D, Innovation, Productivity, Panel data, Dynamics, Simultaneous equations

JEL Classification: C33, C34, C35, L60, O31, O32

Suggested Citation

Raymond, Wladimir and Mairesse, Jacques and Mohnen, Pierre and Palm, Franz C., Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing (May 21, 2013). CIRANO - Scientific Publications 2013s-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2268097 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2268097

Wladimir Raymond

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