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Estimates of Intangible Investment by Industry and Productivity Growth in Japan

Estimates of Intangible Investment by Industry and Productivity Growth in Japan Abstract In estimating intangible investment in Japan at the industry level, we find a high intangible investment/gross value added ratio in the information technology (IT) sector and negative growth rates in intangible capital in 13 industries over the decade from 2000. When we examine the impacts of intangible investment on total factor productivity growth, we find a significant and positive effect on total factor productivity growth in the market economy. In a revised estimation that considers intertemporal knowledge spillovers, the estimated rate of return on intangibles in the IT sector is quite high after the IT revolution. The results imply that intangible assets have been underinvested in the IT sector. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Japanese Economic Review Springer Journals

Estimates of Intangible Investment by Industry and Productivity Growth in Japan

The Japanese Economic Review , Volume 64 (1): 31 – Mar 1, 2013

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
2013 Japanese Economic Association
ISSN
1352-4739
eISSN
1468-5876
DOI
10.1111/jere.12000
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Abstract

Abstract In estimating intangible investment in Japan at the industry level, we find a high intangible investment/gross value added ratio in the information technology (IT) sector and negative growth rates in intangible capital in 13 industries over the decade from 2000. When we examine the impacts of intangible investment on total factor productivity growth, we find a significant and positive effect on total factor productivity growth in the market economy. In a revised estimation that considers intertemporal knowledge spillovers, the estimated rate of return on intangibles in the IT sector is quite high after the IT revolution. The results imply that intangible assets have been underinvested in the IT sector.

Journal

The Japanese Economic ReviewSpringer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 2013

Keywords: economics, general; microeconomics; macroeconomics/monetary economics//financial economics; econometrics; development economics; economic history

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