2021
DOI: 10.1257/mac.20180461
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Advertising, Innovation, and Economic Growth

Abstract: This paper analyzes the implications of advertising for firm dynamics and economic growth through its interaction with R&D. We develop a model of endogenous growth with firm heterogeneity that incorporates advertising decisions and calibrate it to match several empirical regularities across firm size. Our model provides microfoundations for the empirically observed negative relationship between both firm R&D intensity and growth and firm size. In the calibrated model, about half of the deviation from p… Show more

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“…Innovation allows businesses to gain new competitive edges, establish market dominance, and achieve increment returns, serving as a key engine for economic growth (Anning-Dorson, 2018;Cavenaile & Roldan-Blanco, 2021;Sukumar et al, 2020). Due to the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the outcomes of innovative endeavors, a single failed attempt may cause significant profit fluctuations (Amoroso et al, 2017;Holmstrom, 1989).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Innovation allows businesses to gain new competitive edges, establish market dominance, and achieve increment returns, serving as a key engine for economic growth (Anning-Dorson, 2018;Cavenaile & Roldan-Blanco, 2021;Sukumar et al, 2020). Due to the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the outcomes of innovative endeavors, a single failed attempt may cause significant profit fluctuations (Amoroso et al, 2017;Holmstrom, 1989).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Advertising and R&D, by streamlining the front-end customer interactions and back-end innovation processes, form an inter-dependent reciprocal relationship, thereby reinforcing a firm's operational/technological and marketing capabilities (Askenazy et al. , 2016; Cavenalile and Roldan-Blanco, 2021; Peng et al. , 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%