Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64122 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 08-19
Publisher: 
University of California, Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics (SCIIE), Santa Cruz, CA
Abstract: 
This paper examines Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and knowledge flows, using international patent data. The result is a measure of technology that isolates sources of innovation and their contributions to domestic TFP. Within-industry innovation enhances domestic productivity, and domestic between industry innovations are productivity enhancing. However, foreign-sourced between-industry innovation has a negative effect on domestic productivity. This highlights the dual aspect of patents as a measure of innovation. However, when controlling for domestic market structure, foreign-owned firm employment, or imports, foreign-sourced knowledge flows have potentially positive effects on domestic TFP. Overall results are sensitive to sectors and country of origin.
Subjects: 
productivity
patents
innovation
knowledge flows
JEL: 
F19
O3
O4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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