services innovation and economic performance luísa ferreira lopes manuel mira godinho
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Services Contribution to GDP
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0,6
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Mex
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Nor
way
Por
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lSp
ain
Swed
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land
Tur
key
U.K
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% Services 1987 % Services 1997
Source: National Accounts, OECD
CIS2 – Results for PortugalInnovation in Services
0
10
20
30
40
50
60IT
-BS
Tel
ecom
Fin
ance
Eng
enee
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ST
rans
port
Tra
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%Innovativefirms
Source: Conceição & Ávila, 2001
CIS2 – Results for Europe% Innovative Firms in Services
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Trade
Transport &Telecom
Finance
IT & Engeneering
Source: Conceição & Ávila, 2001
What is new ?
• The analyses of the innovation-productivity relationship in the services context – With a structural model– Considering the characteristics of the data
• Compare previous quantitative services studies
Any conclusions, so far? ......
• Endogeneity is a major problem
• The choice of instruments is critical for the results
• The model is highly sensitive to different estimation methods