Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Papers in Innovation Studies,
Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research
No 2007/2: The effects of institutional change on innovation and productivity growth in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry
Claes Malmberg ()
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Claes Malmberg: CIRCLE, Lund University, Postal: PO Box 117, Sölvegatan 16, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
Abstract: The relation between innovative output from the R&D process and total factor productivity (TFP) in the Swedish pharmaceutical industry has been investigated. The focus has been on the 1960s when the institutional conditions for innovation changed drastically in the pharmaceutical industry through new and stricter regulation. The short term effect of the new regulation was a shift towards quality products. Patenting increased and there were an increasing number of economically successful drugs based on new substances (NCEs). This had a positive impact on TFP growth.
Keywords: institutional change; innovation; imitation; productivity; patents; pharmaceutical industry; longitudinal
JEL-codes: Q30
36 pages, June 1, 2007
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