Arbeitspapier
A Schumpeter-inspired approach to the construction of R&D capital stocks
A new method for constructing R&D capital stocks is proposed. Following Schumpeter, the development of R&D capital stocks is modelled as a process of creative destruction. Newly generated knowledge is assumed not only to add to the existing R&D capital stocks but also, by displacing old knowledge, to destroy part of that capital. This is in stark contrast to the perpetual inventory method, which postulates a constant rate of depreciation. We compare both methods by estimating the impact of R&D and spillovers on output in OECD countries, and find that the new approach leads to more sensible and robust results.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 300
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Externalities
- Thema
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R&D capital stocks
knowledge spillovers
creative destruction
Forschung
Gesamtwirtschaftliches Anlagevermögen
Spillover-Effekt
Schumpeterismus
Schätztheorie
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bitzer, Jürgen
Stephan, Andreas
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2002
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bitzer, Jürgen
- Stephan, Andreas
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2002