Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63956 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 1031
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This study analyses how R&D expenditure impacts the productivity of companies. We analyse the productivity impact of R&D using a large panel dataset of Finnish firms over a nine‐year period from 1996 to 2004. Our results are two-fold. In the short run (in 1-2 years) we find no statistically significant productivity impact of R&D. However, R&D does have an economically and statistically significant impact when we take into account R&D efforts made 3‐5 years before. Hence, a window of almost 5 years is needed to capture the productivity impact of R&D.
Subjects: 
R&D, research and development, dynamic, productivity, lag, long run
JEL: 
H25
O32
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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