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R&D policy, productivity growth and distance to frontier

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  • Minniti, Antonio
  • Venturini, Francesco

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Using data from 20 US manufacturing industries, we find strong evidence that a more generous tax treatment of R&D positively impacts on the growth rate of total factor productivity and that this effect is stronger for industries farther from the technological frontier. The estimates also suggest that the productivity growth effect of R&D tax policy is comparable in size to that induced by technology transfers.

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  • Minniti, Antonio & Venturini, Francesco, 2017. "R&D policy, productivity growth and distance to frontier," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 92-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:156:y:2017:i:c:p:92-94
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.005
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    Keywords

    R&D tax policy; Total factor productivity; Distance to Frontier;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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