This paper provides an empirical analysis of the linkages between institutions and economic growth in the European context and highlights innovation as the intermediate variable that drives this interplay. Building on the literature in the evolutionary approach to the economics of innovation and in the economic growth theory with a political economic perspective, we assume that knowledge externalities can fully take place where institutions guarantee a level playing field in the access to knowledge. We estimate the effects of a set of relevant institutional variables on the growth rate of technological knowledge and per capita GDP for a sample of European countries. The empirical analysis confirms that institutions that tend to equalise opportunities to innovate significantly amplify the impact of an exogenous increase in the knowledge base on the growth rate of per capita GDP.

D'Agostino, G., Scarlato, M. (2019). Knowledge externalities, innovation and growth in European countries: the role of institutions. ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, 1-18 [10.1080/10438599.2018.1429536].

Knowledge externalities, innovation and growth in European countries: the role of institutions

d'Agostino, Giorgio
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Scarlato, Margherita
Membro del Collaboration Group
2019-01-01

Abstract

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the linkages between institutions and economic growth in the European context and highlights innovation as the intermediate variable that drives this interplay. Building on the literature in the evolutionary approach to the economics of innovation and in the economic growth theory with a political economic perspective, we assume that knowledge externalities can fully take place where institutions guarantee a level playing field in the access to knowledge. We estimate the effects of a set of relevant institutional variables on the growth rate of technological knowledge and per capita GDP for a sample of European countries. The empirical analysis confirms that institutions that tend to equalise opportunities to innovate significantly amplify the impact of an exogenous increase in the knowledge base on the growth rate of per capita GDP.
2019
D'Agostino, G., Scarlato, M. (2019). Knowledge externalities, innovation and growth in European countries: the role of institutions. ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, 1-18 [10.1080/10438599.2018.1429536].
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