Does innovation cause exports? Evidence from exogenous innovation impulses and obstacles using German micro data

Does innovation cause exports? Evidence from exogenous innovation impulses and obstacles using German micro data

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in innovative activity that is caused by specific impulses and obs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oxford economic papers 2006-04, Vol.58 (2), p.317-350
Hauptverfasser: Lachenmaier, Stefan, Wößmann, Ludger
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aggregate analysis
Business innovation
Causality
Correlation analysis
Developing countries
Econometrics
Economic development
Economic performance
Economic research
Enterprises
Expenditures
Exports
Foreign trade
Germany
Growth models
Identification
Industrialized nations
Innovation diffusion
Innovations
Instrumental variables estimation
International trade
JEL classification: F1
LDCs
Modeling
Product innovation
R&D
Research & development
Research policy
Statistical significance
Studies
Technological change
Technological innovation
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