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Sectoral R&D Intensity and Exchange Rate Volatility: A Panel Study for OECD Countries

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Prashanth Mahagaonkar
Rainer Schweickert
Aditya S. Chavali

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A recent literature has pointed at potential negative effects of exchange rate volatility on innovation. In this paper, we propose that there may be a direct effect as well as an indirect effect via export activity. We test these hypotheses for sectoral R&D intensities using OECD panel data for manufacturing and services sectors for 14 OECD economies and the years 1987 - 2003. We find that the direct negative effect of volatility is pronounced in manufacturing sector but is dominated by the indirect effect via the export channel. Services do not face any effects of volatility on R&D intensities. While it is not clear which channel dominates our results confirm that there is a negative volatility affect related to openness on a sectoral level

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Paper provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy in its series Kiel Working Papers with number 1531.

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Keywords: R&D intensity; Innovation; Real Exchange Rate; Volatility; Exports; OECD-Countries;

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E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
O32 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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