Cost-Effectiveness of Potential Federal Policies Affecting Research and Development Expenditures in the Auto, Steel and Food Industries,

Abstract

This paper contains the writer's preliminary analysis of the demand for company financed research and development expenditures (CR/D) in three manufacturing industries. Based upon estimates of the demand for CR/D, he estimated the costs and effects of two public policies that could affect R/D expenditures: (1) changes in the level of federally financed R/D expenditures; and (2) changes in the cost of private R/D through tax credits. He develops a capital theoretic framework in which he assumes that CR/D generates knowledge or 'research capital' that may increase output demand or reduce costs. Based upon his capital theoretic framework, the demand for the research capital stock is estimating using industry level time-series data for 1956-74. These time-series data enable him to obtain the first measures of changes in the price of knowledge upon the demand for CR/D, and also to measure the impact of changes in federal R/D expenditures upon CR/D.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046269

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