Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34080 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2562
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a balanced panel of 215 Italian manufacturing firms over the 1995-2000 period, this paper investigates the determinants of R&D investment at the level of the firm. While finding further support for the well-established technology-push and demand-pull hypotheses, this study also tests the role of skill endowment in increasing a firm's R&D investment. Consistently with the related managerial and economic literature, our basic result is that current skill endowment may significantly and positively influence a firm's current R&D decision. These microeconometric results have been obtained using a Least Squares Dummy Variable Corrected (LSDVC) estimator, a recently-proposed panel data technique particularly suitable for small samples
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Working Paper

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