The impact of fiscal incentives for R&D

Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 18-53

  Larédo, Philippe ^a   Köhler, Christian ^b   Rammer, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

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