Effectiveness of R&D tax incentives in small and large enterprises in Québec

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-107

  Baghana, Rufin ^a   Mohnen, Pierre ^b  

^a Ministere des Finances   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Price elasticity of R D; Quebec; R D tax credits

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349089261     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9180-z     Document Type: Article

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