Government R&D funding in economic downturns: Testing the varieties of capitalism conjecture

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-118

  Kim, So Young ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Compensation hypothesis; Government spending; R D funding; Recession; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; CAPITALISM; COMPENSATION; OECD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84897839456     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/sct040     Document Type: Article

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