Evaluation of public R & D policies: A cross-country comparison

World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 254-282

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Bento, Cindy Lopes ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Innovation; Policy evaluation; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863671829     PISSN: 17412242     EISSN: 17412234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wrstsd.2012.047690     Document Type: Review

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