The Effects of Internal R&D Efforts and Intermediate - Capital Imports on Value added in Iranian provincial Industries

Subject Areas : Applied Economics

Manijeh Taghilou-Barzelaghi ¹ , Gholamhosein Rahnomay Garamaleki ² , Hasan hoseinzadeh ³ , Monireh Dizaji ⁴

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Received: 2015-08-01 Accepted : 2015-08-01 Published : 2014-11-22

Keywords: Internal R&amp, D Expenditure, Intermediate-Capital Imports, Iranian Provincial Industries, Panel data,

Abstract :

In this study we used an endogenous growth model including expenditures on R&D and imported intermediate goods as independent variables to investigate the effect of these activities on value added of selected industries indifferent Iranian provinces for the period of 1995-2010.Using panel data our study indicates that internal R&D and imported intermediate goods lead to adaptation of more advance technology and hence increasing the value added per unit of inputs and improving the competitive ability of the industry. JEL classification:  O14, O33, F14, C23