Growth through Inter-sectoral Knowledge Linkages

The majority of innovations are developed by multi-sector firms. The knowledge needed to invent new products is more easily adapted from some sectors than from others. We study this network of knowledge linkages between sectors and its impact on firm innovation and aggregate growth. We first documen...

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Main Authors: Cai, J. (Author), Li, N. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
Subjects:
R&D
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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520 3 |a The majority of innovations are developed by multi-sector firms. The knowledge needed to invent new products is more easily adapted from some sectors than from others. We study this network of knowledge linkages between sectors and its impact on firm innovation and aggregate growth. We first document a set of sectoral-level and firm-level observations on knowledge applicability and firms' multi-sector patenting behaviour. We then develop a general equilibrium model of firm innovation in which inter-sectoral knowledge linkages determine the set of sectors a firm chooses to innovate in and how much R&D to invest in each sector. It captures how firms evolve in the technology space, accounts for cross-sector differences in R&D intensity, and describes an aggregate model of technological change. The model matches new observations as demonstrated by simulation. It also yields new insights regarding the mechanism through which sectoral fixed costs of R&D affect growth. © 2018 The Author(s) 2018. 
650 0 4 |a Endogenous growth 
650 0 4 |a Firm innovation 
650 0 4 |a industrial development 
650 0 4 |a industrial investment 
650 0 4 |a industrial technology 
650 0 4 |a innovation 
650 0 4 |a Inter-sectoral knowledge spillovers 
650 0 4 |a knowledge economy 
650 0 4 |a model test 
650 0 4 |a multinational enterprise 
650 0 4 |a Multiple sectors 
650 0 4 |a R&D 
650 0 4 |a research and development 
650 0 4 |a resource allocation 
650 0 4 |a Resource allocation 
650 0 4 |a spillover effect 
650 0 4 |a technological change 
700 1 |a Cai, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Li, N.  |e author 
773 |t Review of Economic Studies