Innovation and productivity across four European countries

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-498

  Griffith, Rachel ^a   Huergo, Elena ^b   Mairesse, Jacques ^c,d,e   Peters, Bettina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CREST   (France)

^d UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^e NBER ^*  (France)

^f Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim (ZEW)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INNOVATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MODEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845406957     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj028     Document Type: Article

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