International comparisons of r&d expenditure
Subtitle: does an r&d ppp make a difference?
By: Sean M. Dougherty, Robert Inklaar, Robert H. McGuckin, Bart van Ark.
Contributors: Dougherty, Sean M.; Inklaar, Robert.; McGuckin, Robert H.; Van Ark, Bart.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12829; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12829.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for R&D expenditure in 19 manufacturing industries are developed for France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom relative to the United States for the years 1997 and 1987.  These PPPs are based on R&D input prices for specific cost categories and differ substantially from current practice of comparing R&D expenditure using GDP PPPs and deflators.  After taking into account differences in the relative price of R&D labor and materials, separate PPPs for other R&D cost categories are less essential, and a simpler version using GDP PPPs for these other categories should suffice.  Our preferred PPPs are used to compare international R&D costs and intensity.  The results suggest that the efforts devoted to R&D in each country are more similar across countries than is apparent using the nominal R&D intensities that are currently the norm"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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