Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207163 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Hamburg Discussion Papers in International Economics No. 4
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Chair of International Economics, Hamburg
Abstract: 
This paper surveys a wide range of studies on the impact of capital investment in intangible assets on labour productivity growth and highlights their main findings on. Surveying the literature at the country, industry and firm level, this paper finds evidence of the increasing importance of business investment in intangible assets in explaining the dynamics of labour productivity growth. Moreover, the findings reported in the literature surveyed suggest that in order to fully reap the benefits of investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI), it is essential for businesses to make complementary investment in intangible assets. In addition, the literature on the drivers of business capital investment in intangibles highlights the importance of having in place a well-endowed infrastructure of public intangibles. Judging from the wide range of economic literature surveyed, this paper finds that the contemporary economic debate now broadly acknowledges the importance of intangibles for the transformation of developed economies towards becoming fully-fledged knowledge economies.
Subjects: 
Intangible Capital
Labour Productivity Growth
Total Factor Productivity Growth
Information and Communication Technology
Artificial Intelligence
European Union
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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