Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222264 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 20-030
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm-level data spanning three decades. Our results indicate that diminishing returns in idea production are a global phenomenon, not just confined to the U.S.
Subjects: 
Productivity
Growth
Innovation
R&D
Technological Change
JEL: 
D24
E23
O31
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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