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Author/Editor:
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Belhocine, Nazim
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Publication Date:
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November 01, 2009
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Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.
The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
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.
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Series:
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Working Paper No. 09/240
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Subject(s):
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Canada | Capital goods | Capital transactions | Cross country analysis | Data collection | Economic growth | Gross domestic product | Investment | Labor productivity | National income accounts
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Author's Keyword(s):
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Intangible Capital Goods | Intangible Investment | Growth |
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