Venture capital and patented innovation: Evidence from Europe

Economic Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 447-482

  Popov, Alexander ^a,b   Roosenboom, Peter ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84863320295     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2012.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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