Effect of R&D tax credits for SMEs in Japan: a microeconometric analysis focused on liquidity constraints

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-327

  Kobayashi, Yohei ^a  

^a TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquidity constraints; Propensity score matching; R D tax credits; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875184210     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9477-9     Document Type: Article

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