Industrial espionage and productivity
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- dc.contributor.author Glitz, Albrecht Christian Ekkehard, 1978-
- dc.contributor.author Meyersson, Erik
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-20T09:40:40Z
- dc.date.available 2022-12-20T09:40:40Z
- dc.date.issued 2020
- dc.description.abstract In this paper, we investigate the economic returns to industrial espionage. We show that the flow of information provided by East German informants in the West over the period 1970–1989 led to a significant narrowing of sectoral TFP gaps between West and East Germany. These economic returns were primarily driven by relatively few high-quality pieces of information and particularly large in sectors closer to the West German technological frontier. Our findings suggest that the East-to-West German TFP ratio would have been 13.3 percent lower at the end of the Cold War had East Germany not engaged in industrial espionage in the West.
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- dc.identifier.citation Glitz A, Meyersson E. Industrial espionage and productivity. American Economic Review. 2020 Apr;110(4):1055-103. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20171732
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20171732
- dc.identifier.issn 0002-8282
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55200
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher American Economic Association
- dc.relation.ispartof American Economic Review. 2020 Apr;110(4):1055-103
- dc.rights © American Economic Association. Can be found at https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20171732
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- dc.subject.other Espionatge industrial
- dc.subject.other Espionatge alemany
- dc.subject.other Informació, Teoria de la, en economia
- dc.subject.other Tecnologia
- dc.title Industrial espionage and productivity
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