Download This PaperEconomic Growth Across Chinese Provinces: In Search of Innovation-Driven Gains
27 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2009
Date Written: August 3, 2009
Abstract
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
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Funke, Michael and Yu, Hao, Economic Growth Across Chinese Provinces: In Search of Innovation-Driven Gains (August 3, 2009). BOFIT Discussion Paper No. 10/2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1462030 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1462030
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