Productivity, trade and the R&D content of intermediate inputs

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1573-1592

  Nishioka, Shuichiro ^a   Ripoll, Marla ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry level TFP; Intermediate input trade; International transfer of technology; R D stock

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84867042354     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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