Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24006 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 04-06
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Using panel data for German and Dutch firms from the services sector, this paper analyses the importance of ICT capital deepening and innovation for productivity. We employ a model that takes into account that innovation and ICT use may be complementary. The results show that the contribution of ICT capital deepening is raised when firms combine ICT use and technological innovations on a more permanent basis. Moreover, the joint impact of ICT use and permanent technological innovation on productivity appears to be of the same order of magnitude in the two countries. However, the direct impacts of innovation on multi-factor productivity seems to be more robust for Germany than for the Netherlands.
Subjects: 
Productivity
Information and Communication Technologies
Innovation
Services
Panel Data
JEL: 
L80
D24
C23
O32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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