本研究目的在於分析創新能力及吸收能力對於經濟成長方面所產生的影響及是否產生共同增長的效果，採用檢驗方法為拔靴追蹤Granger因果關係，並以1996-2014年期間七大工業國組織G7和金磚五國等國家的資料作為分析數據來源。實證結果顯示，巴西在吸收能力對經濟成長之間呈現出單向的格蘭傑因果關係，而義大利則是在創新能力對經濟增長上產生格蘭傑因果關係，此外經濟成長也導致俄羅斯和加拿大對於吸收能力產生影響，同時經濟成長對於德國和日本的創新能力也呈現顯著的因果關係。分析中更指出日本的吸收能力與經濟成長之間存有雙向的格蘭傑因果關係，其餘如印度、中國、南非、美國、英國和法國的創新能力/吸收能力與經濟增長之間則沒有顯著的因果關係。此研究對於一國尤其是新興國家的發展建設和政策制定具有相當重要的意義，促使其釐清未來發展的可能性。

This paper aims to make use of the bootstrap panel Granger causality test to analyze whether the coevolution of these two primary aspects: innovative capability and absorptive capacity could drive the economic growth, employing data from G7 and BRICs countries during the period of 1996–2014. Empirical results reveal that one-way Granger causality running from absorptive capacity to economic growth in Brazil, innovative capability Granger causes a variation in economic growth in Italy, economic growth Granger causes a change in absorptive capacity for Russia and Canada, and economic growth Granger causes innovative capability in Germany and Japan. A two-way Granger causality exists between absorptive capacity and economic growth in Japan, whereas no causality between innovative capability/ absorptive capacity and economic growth has been found in India, China, South Africa, US, UK, and France. These findings have significant implications for theoretical construction and policy-making which drive them to clarify the possibility of the future developing process, especially in emerging countries.

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