scholarly journals Innovative Activity in Wind and Solar Technology: Empirical Evidence on Knowledge Spillovers Using Patent Data

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke G. Braun ◽  
Jens Schmidt-Ehmcke ◽  
Petra Zloczysti
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Patent Data ◽  
Solar Technology

Localized Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from the Agglomeration of American R&D Labs and Patent Data

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy Buzard ◽  
Gerald A. Carlino ◽  
Robert M. Hunt ◽  
Jake Carr ◽  
Tony E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Patent Data ◽  
Localized Knowledge

R&D AND GROWTH: THE MISSING LINK?

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO M. SAMANIEGO
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Patent Data ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Predominant Factor ◽  
Key Driver

The presumption that R&D is a key driver of economic growth is difficult to reconcile with empirical evidence. For example, in most studies, which identify technical change with total factor productivity (TFP), the link between TFP and measures of knowledge is found to be weak.This paper shows that a reconciliation may be possible in a model where R&D contributes to growth through investment-specific technical change. Such a model predicts that the empirical link between knowledge and productivty would be weak even if the generation of knowledge is the predominant factor of economic growth. The paper also shows that estimates of the production function for knowledge using patent data may be biased.

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