Do financing constraints matter for R&D?

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1512-1529

  Brown, James R ^a   Martinsson, Gustav ^b   Petersen, Bruce C ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS)   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finance and growth; Financing innovation; R D financing constraints; Stock market development; Value of liquidity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; LIBERALIZATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 84866990041     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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