R&D Expenditures and Economic Growth – International Comparison Cover Image

Разходи за НИРД и икономически растеж – международно сравнение
R&D Expenditures and Economic Growth – International Comparison

Author(s): Rossitsa Rangelova
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Институт за икономически изследвания при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: O30; O40; O57; C22

Summary/Abstract: In the new conditions of creating a knowledge-based economy the role of R&D expenditures strongly increases and changes in its character. This increases the interest in the matters of qualitative defining of the dependency between them and the economic growth. The study analyzes the connection between the R&D expenditures, including for human capital, and the lasting economic growth (GDP rate) for the EU countries, compared with USA. The specifics in the influence of these expenditures on the economic growth in these countries are outlined, special attention is drawn to Bulgaria.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 18-52
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Bulgarian