Table 3.

Returns to innovations

ObservationsPeriodATESE
First-time process only innovators   
1,480 (27,238)t/t + 10.016*0.009
1,131 (22,325)t + 1/t + 20.0010.013
1,061 (16,858)t + 2/t + 30.017*0.009
First-time product only innovators   
62 (27,238)t/t + 10.0020.060
51 (22, 325)t + 1/t + 20.121*0.064
49 (16,858)t + 2/t + 30.0150.045
First-time process and product innovators   
71 (27,238)t/t + 1−0.0140.044
59 (22, 325)t + 1/t + 20.2290.281
55 (16,858)t + 2/t + 30.075*0.040

Notes:

ATE stands for average treatment effect for FTI process, product or process-product innovators over non-innovators. The first column reports the number of FTI (process, product or both) and the number of control observations in parentheses. * indicate significance at the 10%

Source: Authors’ own work

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