Productivity spillovers across countries and industries: new evidence from OECD countries

• Main Authors: Badinger, Harald, Egger, Peter
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Online Access: http://epub.wu.ac.at/5484/1/OBES%2D12%2D074_revised_a.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obes.12122

This paper uses a translog approach to estimate intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers transmitted through input-output linkages, distinguishing R&D and other (remainder) spillovers. For a panel of 12 OECD countries and 15 manufacturing industries from 1995-2005, first, we find that the estimated elasticity with respect to "own" R&D amounts to 0.25 on average (which would be estimated to be lower if R&D were assumed to be additively separable from other inputs). Second, there are sizeable intra-industry and relatively small inter-industry R&D spillovers. Third, there are significant remainder spillovers, which are mainly of the intra-industry type and substantially amplify idiosyncratic technology shocks.