Economic Growth and Investment in R&D : Contemporary Challenges for the European Union

• Autorzy: Rūta Banelienė , Borisas Melnikas
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper presents new approaches to investigating economic growth and innovation activity as well as analyzing investment in R&D needs and efficiency in the context of contemporary challenges for European integration. Our research modeled the impact of R&D investment on GDP growth under broad conditions of globalization. In addition to capital and labor factors, we took into account factors that influence climate change, keeping in mind their relation to economic activity. Additionally, we paid particular attention to other factors driving sustainable economic growth, such as consumption of scarce resources as well as inequality and poverty. Herein, we proposed new modeling conceptions for evaluating the impact of R&D investment on economic growth. The suggested method was adapted to analyze the case of development processes in the European Union. Our research confirmed the hypothesis that R&D expenditure has a positive impact on economic growth, and the impact is much higher in well-developed EU economies under conditions of sustainable economic development and globalization. The research was based on the case of the European Union economies. The panel least squares method was applied for the modeling and estimations. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic growth; Sustainable development; R&D policy; Investment

PL

Wzrost gospodarczy; Rozwój zrównoważony; Polityka badawczo-rozwojowa; Inwestycje

• Czasopismo: Contemporary Economics
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 38--57

Twórcy

autor

Rūta Banelienė

• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

autor

Borisas Melnikas

• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

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DOI

10.5709/ce.1897-9254.331