Assessing the returns to collaborative research: Firm-level evidence from Italy

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Medda, Giuseppe ^a   Piga, Claudio ^b   Siegel, Donald S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; R d; Sample selection bias; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147185969     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000332213     Document Type: Article

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