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R&D Satellite Account: Preliminary Estimates
According to this BEA/NEA report, investment in research and development accounted for 4.5 percent of the growth of inflation-adjusted U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) between 1959 and 2002.
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http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/rdreport06.pdf