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The R&D Tax Credit in France: Assessment and Ex-Ante Evaluation of the 2008 Reform

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  • Benoît Mulkay
  • Jacques Mairesse

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This article presents an econometric analysis of the direct effects of the R&D tax credit (RTC) on private R&D in France and proposes an ex ante evaluation of the major reform implemented in 2008. We first estimate an error correction model of a dynamic R&D demand function on a large panel data of R&D doing firms, obtaining a preferred estimate of -0.4 for the long run elasticity of the user cost of R&D capital. We then perform a micro-simulation of the effects of the 2008 RTC reform that shows that the implicit long run budget multiplier would be about 0.7.

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  • Benoît Mulkay & Jacques Mairesse, 2013. "The R&D Tax Credit in France: Assessment and Ex-Ante Evaluation of the 2008 Reform," NBER Working Papers 19073, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
    • 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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