The effects of innovation policies on business R&D: A cross-national empirical study

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-253

  Wu, Yonghong ^a   Popp, D ^b,c   Bretschneider, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Patent policy; R D; Tax incentive

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249141076     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590600661939     Document Type: Article

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