Firms’ productivity growth and R&D spillovers: An analysis of alternative technological proximity measures

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 657-682

  Cincera, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering methods; Panel data; Productivity growth; R D spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864946703     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500056768     Document Type: Article

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