Gasto en investigación y desarrollo y productividad en la industria manufacturera mexicana

René Cabral; Franco Jair González

doi:10.24201/ee.v29i1.75

57-vol. 29, no. 1, january-june, 2014

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R&D expenditure and productivity in the Mexican manufacturing industry

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René Cabral,
Franco Jair González

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René Cabral
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey

Franco Jair González
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v29i1.75

Published 2014-01-01

Keywords

productivity,
R&D expenditure,
manufacturing industry,
panel data,
Mexico

How to Cite

Cabral, R., & González, F. J. (2014). R&D expenditure and productivity in the Mexican manufacturing industry. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 29(1), 27–55. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v29i1.75

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Abstract

We study the effects of R&D on productivity across a sample of 17 Mexican manufacturing sectors from 1994 to 2007. Employing panel data methods we find some interesting results. First, ordinary least squares estimates suggest a strong link between R&D expenditure and productivity. Second, after controlling for heterogeneity and endogeneity problems such evidence disappears. Third, partitioning our sample according to R&D intensity criteria, we even observe negative effects on productivity from those industries that employ that resource more intensively.