Industrial research versus development investment: The implications of financial constraints

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-544

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Hottenrott, Hanna ^a,b   Thorwarth, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation policy; Liquidity constraints; Research and development

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79955782655     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beq038     Document Type: Article

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