1. R & D in German National Accounts

2. R&D in German National Accounts
Working group: core of 3 people
1 person’s main work is R&D
R&D project financed by Eurostat
end June 2008: first estimations GFCF/Output, evaluation of sources
Bridge tables OECD reporting - NA
March 2008

3. R&D Sources 2. special R&D survey carried out by
S 11 / structural survey, manufacturing
2. special R&D survey carried out by
German association of sponsors
S 13 1.universities finance statistics: R&D shares special data Federal Ministry of Education and Research
3.survey among German research institutes
S 15 survey among German research institutes
S 2 BOP
March 2008

4. sectors/industries s.t. do not fit Variables missing: consumption GFCF
R&D Sources
no quarterly
no topical
data available
adjustments necessary:
data service industries insufficient
structural survey > 20 empl.
Break downs
sectors/industries s.t. do not fit
Variables missing: consumption GFCF
software, prices…..
universities finance statistics: no primary data
March 2008

5. International Comparability
GNI Commitee:
Compliance
Exhaustiveness
Reliability
March 2008

6. International Comparability
Compliance ESA
1.R&D definition: Frascati
2.R&D as an asset:
as close as possible to Frascati = topical OECD reporting = surveys
3. Borderline to software
March 2008

7. International Comparability
Exhaustivenes / Reliability
Integration R&D in EU surveys
ESA-definitions as close as possible to Frascati and R&D surveys
Prices
Templates:
more successful than ambitious
(annual data, current prices….)
March 2008

8. Thank you for your attention
Rita Bolleyer
Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden
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