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Task Force on Research & Development

Task Force on Research & Development. 7th Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts New York, 23-25 April 2012 Jens Gruetz. Task Force on R&D – State of play.

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Task Force on Research & Development

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  1. Task Force on Research & Development 7th Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts New York, 23-25 April 2012 Jens Gruetz

  2. Task Force on R&D – State of play • The Eurostat Task Force on Research and Development (R&D) met three times: on 31 March 2011, on 16 February 2012 and on 22 March 2012 • In the preparation for the first two meetings, the countries completed two rounds of the R&D questionnaires including preliminary statistical estimates and comments on their experiences on the capitalisation of R&D services; for the third meeting a questionnaire on service life was sent out • In addition, countries exchanged practical experiences in compiling R&D estimates for national accounts, which allowed the Task Force to reach the following recommendations:

  3. Recommendations of the R&D Task Force • full consistency between the data in the agreed compulsory R&D tables and the national accounts should be ensured in the course of the capitalisation of R&D services; • until the R&D stocks are available, the consumption of the R&D assets used in the production of R&D services does not have to be taken into account in the estimates of the R&D output (as a part of the consumption of fixed capital); • the input method is recommended in the calculation of R&D in volume terms; • geometric depreciation function is recommended as a reference method in the calculation of the consumption of fixed capital of R&D; however, countries that have developed alternative methods may continue to use them;

  4. Recommendations of the R&D Task Force • the R&D services subcontracted by one R&D company to another R&D company should be recorded as intermediate consumption. However, the possibility of recording the output of R&D companies net of subcontracted R&D would be left open to countries that encounter problems in obtaining data needed to adjust the Frascati intramural expenditures on R&D to gross recording; • all expenditures by government on Intellectual Property Products (IPPs), including freely available R&D, should be recorded as GFCF, if they satisfy the requirement that IPPs is intended for use in the production of more than one year;

  5. Recommendations of the R&D Task Force • the net operating surplus of market producers of R&D is derived as mark-up including unsuccessful R&D. The mark-up may be calculated as industry specific or as a single mark-up for all industries. To ensure stability of the mark-up time series, an average or a weighted moving average of several years should be used; • Service Life estimates used in the calculations of R&D should be based on dedicated surveys or other relevant research information, including information of other countries with comparable market/industry characteristics. Where such information is not available, a single average service life of 10 years should be retained; • the above mentioned Service Life estimates should be investigated regularly, e.g. every 10 years.

  6. Conclusions of the R&D Task Force At the last meeting of the R&D TF, the issues discussed can be summaries as follows: • Double-counting: Double-counting is to be eliminated by cross-comparing competing source data for the same product classes/fields. Care must be taken for definition differences; • Exhaustiveness: Exhaustiveness is ensured by cross-comparing competing and supplementary source data (R&D surveys, BoP, SBS, etc) with simultaneous harmonisation for definition differences.

  7. Impact of reclassification of R&D on Gross Domestic Product – Provisional data

  8. R&D expenditure and impact of reclassification of R&D on Gross Domestic Product – Provisional data

  9. Thank you for your kind attention!

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