Economic growth across Chinese provinces : insearch of innovation-driven gains
Funke, Michael; Yu, Hao (26.08.2009)
Numero
10/2009Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2009
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201408072004Tiivistelmä
In this paper we analyse the impact of R&D on total factor productivity across Chinese provinces. We introduce innovations explicitly into a production function and evaluate their contribution to economic growth in 1993 - 2006. The empirical results highlight the importance and the interaction between local and external research. The evidence indicates that growth in China is not explained simply by factor input accumulation. Keywords: China, R&D, R&D Spillovers, patents, regional economic growth, semiparametric estimators JEL-Classification: C14, O47, R11, R12