Innovation and Productivity Across Four European Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID23344949
AuthorsRachel Griffith (0000-0002-8616-5820, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Elena Huergo (0000-0001-7140-7551, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Jacques Mairesse (0000-0002-6144-5009, United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology), Bettina Peters (0000-0002-8611-2016, Centre for European Economic Research)
Year2006
Volume22
Issue4
Pages483-498
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOxford Review of Economic Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-903X • E-ISSN: 1460-2121
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oxrep/grj028
OpenAlexW1989169177
LanguageEN
Citations received58
References cited1

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across four European countries, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, using firm-level data from the internationally harmonized Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3). Despite a considerable number of national firm-level studies analysing this relationship, cross-country comparisons using micro data are still rare. We apply a structural model that describes the link between R&D expenditure, innovation output, and productivity (CDM model). Our econometric results suggest that overall the systems driving innovation and productivity are remarkably similar across these four countries, although we also find interesting differences, particularly in the variation in productivity that is associated with more or less innovative activities.

Econometric model · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economics · Eu countries · European union · International trade · Macroeconomics · Productivity · Total factor productivity · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Innovation Policy and RD