The effects of public R and D subsidies on firms' innovation activities: The case of Eastern Germany

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-236

  Almus, Matthias ^a   Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nonparametric matching; Public innovation subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037389964     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500103288618918     Document Type: Article

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