TY  - JOUR
AU  - Helpman,Elhanan
TI  - R&D and Productivity: The International Connection
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6101
PY  - 1997
Y2  - July 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6101
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6101.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Elhanan Helpman
Department of Economics
Harvard University
1875 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-495-4690
Fax: 617-495-7730
E-Mail: ehelpman@harvard.edu
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 1998-01-01
AB  - Countries differ greatly in R&D spending, and these differences are particularly striking when comparing developed with developing countries.  The paper examines the extent to which the benefits of R&D are concentrated in the investing countries.  It is argued that significant benefits spill over to other countries in the world.  The argument is supported by quantitative estimates of such cross-country effects.
ER  -