The impact of public R&D expenditure on business R&D*

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-243

  Guellec, Dominique ^a   Van Pottelsberghe De La Potterie, Bruno ^b  

^a OECD

^b SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Panel Data; R D; Tax Credit; Technology Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242761989     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590290004555     Document Type: Article

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