Factors Affecting Innovation in OECD Countries

Umut Akdugan () and Nilhun Dogan ()
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Umut Akdugan: Trakya Universitesi, Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi, Maliye Bolumu, Edirne, Turkiye
Nilhun Dogan: Istanbul, Turkiye

EKOIST Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, 2022, vol. 0, issue 36, 111-136

Abstract: Innovation has a key role in countries’ ability to integrate into the global economy, thereby necessitating the creation and sustainability of a national innovation climate. Countries generate positive economic and social development by promoting increased innovation, particularly in terms of significant advantages in global competition. Therefore, the factors affecting innovation gain importance and rank at the center of economic research. This study endeavors to investigate the factors affecting innovation by estimating a panel VAR model with a dataset of selected OECD countries. Annual data on the number of domestic patents, GDP, trade openness, foreign direct investment, R&D, and education expenditure were used for the 1981-2019 period. A panel Granger causality test and variance decomposition analysis were conducted based on the panel VAR results, and impulse-response functions were further interpreted. Findings revealed that GDP, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and R&D expenditures are the key factors affecting innovation.

Keywords: Innovation; Panel VAR; Granger Causality; OECD Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.26650/ekoist.2022.36.1102470

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