Modelling and measuring the effects of public subsidies on business R&D: theoretical and econometric issues
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Keywords
business R&D; public incentives; econometric evaluation; dynamic treatment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INO-2008-09-29 (Innovation)
- NEP-IPR-2008-09-29 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-MIC-2008-09-29 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PPM-2008-09-29 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
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