Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Lund University, Department of Economics
No 2011:26: Swedish Business R&D and its Export Dependence
Karin Bergman () and Olof Ejermo ()
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Karin Bergman: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Olof Ejermo: CIRCLE, Postal: CIRCLE , Lund University, Box 117, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Abstract: Sweden has seen a rise in business R&D-intensities and dependence on exports to make its economy grow since the early 1990s. This paper examines the role of foreign sales in stimulating R&D as compared to a domestic sales effect, and finds, in line with the literature, that R&D rises proportionally to sales in cross-sections from 1991 to 2001. Among manufacturing firms, foreign sales are distinctly more associated with an increase in R&D than domestic sales. For service firms, domestic sales are as important as foreign. The results are consistent with the hypotheses that manufacturing firms more easily separate production from R&D, economize on transport costs and are subject to learning-by-exporting effects. In general, the results highlight the dependence on openness in stimulating R&D in a small economy, especially among manufacturing firms.
Keywords: R&D; size; exports; Sweden
31 pages, September 20, 2011
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- Olof Ejermo and Karin Bergman, 'Services vs. Manufacturing – How Does Foreign and Domestic Sales Impact on Their R&D?', Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade
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