Demand-side vs. supply-side technology policies: Hidden treatment and new empirical evidence on the policy mix

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 726-747

  Guerzoni, Marco ^a,b,c   Raiteri, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BRICK   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confounding effect; Crowding out; Hidden treatment; Propensity score matching; Public procurement; R D subsidies

Indexed keywords

TAXATION;

CONFOUNDING EFFECT; CROWDING OUT; HIDDEN TREATMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84923197079     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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