The main focus of this project will be the ifo "Innovationstest", an innovation survey of the ifo Institute. With exploiting this rich and detailed innovation data set this study can contribute to the current research in the field of innovation and growth. The panel structure of the ifo "Innovationstest" with its long observation period of more than 20 years is a big advantage over most of the data sets used so far.
The project should mainly concentrate on several major issues: First, the causal relationship between innovation and export behavior will be investigated. The second main issue is the effect of innovation on the growth of employment and turnover. Moreover the determinants of innovation are analysed. Potential determinants are regional knowledge spillovers, clusters and innovation policies.
Falck, Oliver, Stefan Kipar and Ludger Wößmann, "Humankapital und Innovationstätigkeit von Unternehmen: erste deskriptive Befunde neuer Fragen im ifo Innovationstest", ifo Schnelldienst 61 (07), 2008, 10-16 ( Abstract / Download )
Falck, Oliver, Stephan Heblich and Stefan Kipar, "The Extension of Clusters: Difference-in-Differences Evidence from the Bavarian State-Wide Cluster Policy", CESifo Working Paper Nr. 2463, 2008 (PDF, 180 KB)
Lachenmaier, Stefan and Horst Rottmann (2007), "Employment Effects of Innovation at the Firm Level", Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (3), 254-272 Also published as: Ifo Working Paper No. 27, 2006 (PDF, 190 KB); FH im Dialog – Weidener Diskussionspapiere No. 3, 2007
Lachenmaier, Stefan and Horst Rottmann (2007), "Effects of Innovation on Employment: A Dynamic Panel Analysis", CESifo Working Paper No. 2015 (PDF, 166 KB)
Lachenmaier, Stefan (2007), "Effects of Innovation on Firm Performance", ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung 28 (Abstract)
Wößmann, Ludger and Stefan Lachenmaier (2005), "Does Innovation Cause Exports? Evidence from Exogenous Innovation Impulses and Obstacles Using German Micro Data", Oxford Economic Papers 58 (2), 317-350 Also published as: CESifo Working Paper No. 1178, 2004 (PDF, 380 KB)
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