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

Frietsch, Rainer, 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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