Additionality of public R&D grants in a transition economy: The case of Eastern Germany

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-131

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Licht, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation of public policy; Innovation; R D; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; MICROECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GERMANY;

EID: 33646681174     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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