On the robustness of R&D

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-155

  Luintel, Kul B ^a   Khan, Mosahid ^b   Theodoridis, Konstantinos ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap simulations; Heterogeneity; Multifactor productivity; Panel cointegration; R D capital stock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957438158     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-013-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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