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Subvenciones, préstamos y desgravaciones a la I+D: ¿cuál es su impacto en las empresas catalanas?

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  • Agustí Segarra Blasco

    (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Research Group of Industry and Territory. Department of Economics – CREIP)

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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el impacto de las ayudas públicas a la I+D privada desde una triple vertiente. Primero, presenta las características de las empresas catalanas que se beneficiaron de las ayudas públicas a la I+D. Segundo, determina si las ayudas públicas cumplen el principio de adicionalidad y estimulan el esfuerzo innovador de las empresas catalanas. Y tercero, analiza si el apoyo público afecta a la composición de las inversiones privadas en I+D. Para abordar estas cuestiones, disponemos de la información suministrada por los cuestionarios del Community Innovative Survey (CIS) que, para una muestra de 3.410 empresas catalanas, indican las ayudas percibidas durante el periodo 2010-2012. Durante el desarrollo econométrico se aplica un modelo Heckman bietápico que corrige los sesgos de selección muestral habituales en estos ejercicios. Entre los resultados obtenidos destacan dos. Por un lado, que las ayudas públicas provocan un efecto positivo sobre el esfuerzo innovador de las empresas catalanas. Por otro lado, que el apoyo gubernamental modifica la composición de las inversiones en I+D de las empresas innovadoras catalanas al favorecer, especialmente, a las partidas de gasto de menor riesgo y más cercanas al mercado. The aim of the study is to analyze the impact of public support on R&D investment among Catalan firms. The text approaches the analysis from a triple perspective. Firstly, it details the characteristics of Catalan firms that have benefitted from public support for R&D. Secondly, it establishes whether public support fulfills the principle of additionality and stimulates the innovative efforts of Catalan companies. And thirdly, it analyses whether support affects the composition of private investments in R&D. To address these issues, we have information provided by the questionnaires of the Community Innovative Survey (CIS) which, based on a sample of 3,410 Catalan firms, reflect the aid received during the period 2010-2012. A two-stage Heckman model is applied during the econometric development to correct sample selection bias. Of the results obtained, two stand out. On the one hand, public support produces a positive effect on the innovative efforts of Catalan firms; and on the other, government support alters the composition of the R&D investments of innovative Catalan firms in favour of the investments with lower risk and closer to the market.

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  • Agustí Segarra Blasco, 2018. "Subvenciones, préstamos y desgravaciones a la I+D: ¿cuál es su impacto en las empresas catalanas?," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 40, pages 109-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0367
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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