Market failures and the additionality effects of public support to private R&D: Theory and empirical implications

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 634-642

  Takalo, Tuomas ^a,c   Tanayama, Tanja ^b   Toivanen, Otto ^c  

^a BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b National Audit Office of Finland   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Additionality; Financing of innovations; Market failure; R D investments; Subsidies; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONALITY; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; EXTERNAL FUNDING; MARKET FAILURES; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; SUBSIDIES; WELFARE;

COMMERCE; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84890128522     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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