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Journal article
Growth Through Inter-sectoral Knowledge Linkages
The Review of economic studies, v 86(5), pp 1827-1866
01 Oct 2019
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Abstract
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.
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- Title
- Growth Through Inter-sectoral Knowledge Linkages
- Creators
- Jie Cai - Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R ChinaNan Li - Int Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 20431 USA
- Publication Details
- The Review of economic studies, v 86(5), pp 1827-1866
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 40
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Finance
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000491256300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85073412996
- Other Identifier
- 991020535055704721
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- Economics