R&D and technology transfer: Firm-level evidence from Chinese industry

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hu, AGZ; Jefferson, GH; Qian, JC
• 署名单位: National University of Singapore; Brandeis University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/003465305775098143
• 发表日期: 2005-11
• 页码: 780-786
• 关键词: productivity; spillovers; experience; purchase; imports

摘要

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.