Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18166 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 430
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This note explores the relationship between the price elasticity of demand and the R&D intensity of the product. We introduce the concept of R&D intensity into a standard Dixit-Stiglitz/Krugman-type setting. R&D activity is treated as a fixed cost of production. Within this framework, sectors with a higher R&D intensity show a lower price elasticity of demand. This proposition is confirmed by an empirical investigation of export demand for manufactured goods from major industrialised countries. Consequently, real exchange rate changes have an impact on the commodity structure of exports.
Subjects: 
R&D intensity
price elasticity
exports
JEL: 
D40
F14
F12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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