China's R&D explosion - Analyzing productivity effects across ownership types and over time

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 159-176

  Boeing, Philipp ^a   Mueller, Elisabeth ^b   Sandner, Philipp ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS)   (Germany)

^c TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Ownership type; Patents; Productivity; R D

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

CHINA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICIES; OWNERSHIP TYPE; PATENTS; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84961842025     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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