Growth: Scale or market-size effects?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 178
Issue: C
Pages: 13-17

Score contribution per author:

0.505 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Is the supply of researchers or the demand for technologies more important for innovation? The supply of research labor captures a scale effect, whereas the demand from production labor for technologies captures a market-size effect. We find that both the scale effect and the market-size effect are important for innovation and their relative importance depends on R&D labor intensity. We collect data on R&D labor intensity and find that it varies significantly across countries.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:178:y:2019:i:c:p:13-17
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25