R and D spillovers and productivity: Evidence from U.S. manufacturing microdata

Empirical Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-148

  Los, Bart ^a   Verspagen, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enterprise data; Production functions; Productivity; R and D spillovers

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034102864     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050007     Document Type: Article

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