The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 87 No. 4 2005
R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry
Abstract
In bridging the technology gap with the OECD nations, developing economies have access to three avenues of technological advance: domestic R&D, technology transfer, and foreign direct investment. This paper examines the contributions of each of these avenues, as well as their interactions, to productivity within Chinese industry. Based on a large data set for China's large and medium-size enterprises, the estimation results show that in-house R&D significantly complements technology transfer—whether of domestic or foreign origin. Foreign direct investment, which we assume is an important channel of proprietary technology transfer, does not facilitate the transfer of market-mediated foreign technology.
- DOI
- 10.1162/003465305775098143
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 780-786
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref