A Proposal for Treating Research and Development As Capital Expenditures in the Canadian SNA

Siddiqi, Yusuf Salem, Meir

Economic Analysis (EA) Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract: The paper outlines key conceptual and operational issues involved in capitalizing R&D expenditures in the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA), shows statistical estimates by industry for reference year 2000, and assesses the impact of capitalization on main CSNA aggregates.

Keywords: Economic accounts; Science and technology; Gross domestic product; Research and development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-06-29
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