The impact of product innovation on firm-level markup and productivity: evidence from China

Applied Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 42, 2018, Pages 4570-4581

  Dai, Xiaoyong ^a   Cheng, Liwei ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

markup; physical productivity; Product innovation; revenue productivity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 85044614885     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1458195     Document Type: Article

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