R&D and economic growth: How strong is the link?

被引：38

作者：

Pessoa, Argentino ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Fac Econ Porto, P-4200464 Oporto, Portugal

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 107卷 / 02期

关键词：

R&D; Economic growth; Technological change; Innovation policy;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The present note examines the relationship between R&D outlays and economic growth in the OECD context and presents an argument, which confronted with data, cast doubts on the effectiveness of an innovation policy that attempts to improve aggregate productivity only based on increasing R&D intensity. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：152 / 154

页数：3

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