Treating Intangible Inputs as Investment Goods : : The Impact on Canadian GDP / / Nazim Belhocine

• Autore: Belhocine Nazim
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 21 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 338.192368
• Soggetto topico: Gross domestic product - Canada - Econometric models; Labor productivity - Canada - Econometric models; Investments - Canada - Econometric models; Capacity; Capital; Computer Programs: General; Data capture & analysis; Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Data collection; Data Processing; Data processing; Databases; Economic statistics; Electronic data processing; Expenditure; Expenditures, Public; General Aggregative Models: General; Intangible Capital; Intangible capital; Investment; Investments: General; Macroeconomics; National accounts; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General; National income; Public finance & taxation; Public Finance; Saving and investment
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Note generali: "November 2009."
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. National Accounts' Conventions and the Rationale Against it -- III. Data Collection Approach -- IV. Data Sources -- A. Computerized Information -- B. Innovative Property -- C. Economic Competencies -- V. Summary of Findings and Comparison with Other Countries -- A. Findings for Canada -- B. Comparison with the U.S. and the U.K -- VI. Impact of Including Intangibles on GDP -- VII. Conclusion -- References -- Tables -- 1. Decomposition of Intangible Expenditures by Item -- 2. Comparison of Expenditures in Intangibles Across U.S., U.K. and Canada -- 3. Impact of Including Intangibles on Real GDP Growth -- Figures -- 1. Software Investment (overall and by type) -- 2. Tangible Versus Intangible Investment.
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper constructs a data set to document firms' expenditures on an identifiable list of intangible items and examines the implications of treating intangible spending as an acquisition of final (investment) goods on GDP growth for Canada. It finds that investment in intangible capital by 2002 is almost as large as the investment in physical capital. This result is in line with similar findings for the U.S. and the U.K. Furthermore, the growth in GDP and labor productivity may be underestimated by as much as 0.1 percentage point per year during this same period.
• Titolo autorizzato: Treating Intangible Inputs as Investment Goods
• ISBN: 1-4623-9914-2; 1-4527-0061-3; 1-4518-7387-5; 1-282-84440-7; 9786612844409
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811772603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2009/240