Imputed Interindustry Technology Flows - A Comparative SMFA Analysis |
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Authors: | Axel Düring Hermann Schnabel |
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Institution: | Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Recht , University of Stuttgart , c/o Auf dem ?ckerchen 50, Wachtberg , D-53343 , Germany |
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Abstract: | This paper shows how the pattern of an interindustry R&D flow system can be detected using a Subsystem-MFA (SMFA). The standard subsystem analysis shows the innovation spillovers of the relevant innovative sectors of a country, which are then turned into graphical form so that the sector clustering into this system can be displayed like a 'molecule' of sectors. The analysis uses the recently published input-output tables of the OECD for Germany, Japan and the United States for the beginning, the middle and the end of the 1980s. The analysis uses R&D-expenditures as an innovation-indicatorvector, published also by the OECD. The results show that there are specific patterns of interindustry imputed R&D flows that differ to some extent between the given countries. These differences can be interpreted as being due to the specific economic history of these countries. |
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Keywords: | Technology Flows Innovation Subsystem Mfa |
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