Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228541 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 20-088
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995-2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes acyclical during recessions. It is also heterogeneous across countries: Innovation leaders and followers behave countercyclically during recessions while moderate innovators behave procyclically. Furthermore, the share of public R&D allocated to the business sector is countercyclical, but the thematic composition remains stable. These results, not driven by countries' financial constraints, imply that countries behind the innovation frontier might strengthen their resilience to economic crises by adopting countercyclical R&D strategies.
Subjects: 
R&D
Public Policy
Business Cycle
JEL: 
O38
H50
H12
E32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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