Firm growth and R and D expenditure

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-145

  Coad, Alex ^a   Rao, Rekha ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Industrial dynamics; Panel VAR; R D expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649155834     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590802472531     Document Type: Article

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