R&D, Scale Effects and Spillovers : New Insights from Emerging Countries.

Economic Research Working Paper No. 32

Working paper

31 pages ; [28] cm.

2957-8256

There has been a concomitant rise in R&D and the rate of economic growth in emerging countries. Analyzing a panel of 31 emerging countries, we find convincing evidence of scale effects which make government policies potent for long-run growth. This contrasts sharply with the well-known findings of Jones (1995a). Innovations show increasing returns to knowledge stock, implying that the diminishing returns assumed by some semi-endogenous growth models might not be generalized. International R&D spillovers raise the innovation bar. The observed growth rates of emerging economies appear in transition therefore their growth rates may recede with the passage of time.

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Economics Working Papers.

Geneva, Switzerland : [World Intellectual Property Organization], 2016.

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