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

Client/Allowance

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Period: 01.07.2016 – 31.05.2017

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
Unit
Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Project members

Christian Rammer

Christian Rammer

Project Coordinator
Deputy

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Marius Berger

Marius Berger

Researcher

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Client/Allowance
Cooperation partner

Selected Publications

Schrittweise Erhöhung der FuE-Quote auf bis zu 3,5% des BIP – Instrumente und Auswirkungen auf volkswirtschaftliche Kennzahlen

Christian Rammer, Michael Astor, Marius Berger, Stephanie Daimer, Martin Hud, Cordula Klaus, Christian Lerch, Jan Limbers and Peter Neuhäusler (2017), Schrittweise Erhöhung der FuE-Quote auf bis zu 3,5% des BIP – Instrumente und Auswirkungen auf volkswirtschaftliche Kennzahlen, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Karlsruhe, Berlin und Mannheim

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Contact

Christian Rammer
Deputy
Dr. Christian Rammer
Phone +49 (0)621 1235-184
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