Increasing the R&D to GDP ratio to 3.5% - Policy Instruments and Likely Impacts on Macroeconomic Indicators

Increasing the R&D to GDP ratio to 3.5% - Policy Instruments and Likely Impacts on Macroeconomic Indicators

This research project analyses ways and implications of increasing the R&D to GDP ratio in Germany to 3.5% by 2025. Using microeconomic, sector-level and macroeconomic approaches, the research focuses on

  • Current and possible future policy instruments for promoting R&D expenditure
  • Potential for increasing R&D expenditure of SMEs
  • Structural analysis of R&D expenditure in the manufacturing sector
  • Intersector and intrasector changes in der R&D expenditure
  • Cash-flow elasticity of R&D expenditure
  • Additionality of R&D subsidies
  • Macroeconomic impacts of increasing R&D expenditure

Project members

Christian Rammer

Christian Rammer

Project Coordinator
Deputy

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Marius Berger

Marius Berger

Junior Research Associate

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