Industrial Espionage and Productivity
Industrial Espionage and Productivity
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工业间谍活动和生产力
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2017
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通讯作者：
E. Meyersson
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A. Glitz;E. Meyersson
在本文中，我们研究了工业间谍活动的经济回报。我们发现，1970 年至 1989 年间，东德信息提供者在西方提供的信息流动导致西德和东德之间的部门 TFP 差距显着缩小。这些经济回报主要是由相对较少的高质量信息推动的，尤其是在靠近西德技术前沿的行业中。我们的研究结果表明，如果东德没有在西方从事工业间谍活动，冷战结束时东德与西德的 TFP 比率将会降低 13.3%。 (JEL L16、N44、O33、O38、O47、P24)
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. (JEL L16, N44, O33, O38, O47, P24)