dc.contributor.author |
Duch Brown, Néstor |
dc.contributor.author |
García Quevedo, José, |
dc.contributor.author |
Montolio Estivill, Daniel |
dc.contributor.author |
Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) |
dc.date |
2011 |
dc.identifier |
https://ddd.uab.cat/record/98097 |
dc.identifier |
urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:98097 |
dc.format |
application/pdf |
dc.language |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) |
dc.relation |
Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP). Documents de treball de la Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) ; |
dc.rights |
open access |
dc.rights |
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dc.rights |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ |
dc.subject |
R&D |
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Public subsidies |
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Evaluation |
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Government policy |
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Subsidies |
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Enterprises |
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Industrial research |
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Política pública |
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Subvencions |
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Empreses |
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Recerca industrial |
dc.title |
The link between public support and private R&D effort : What is the optimal subsidy? |
dc.type |
Working paper |
dc.description.abstract |
The effectiveness of R&D subsidies can vary substantially depending on their characteristics. Specifically, the amount and intensity of such subsidies are crucial issues in the design of public schemes supporting private R&D. Public agencies determine the intensities of R&D subsidies for firms in line with their eligibility criteria, although assessing the effects of R&D projects accurately is far from straightforward. The main aim of this paper is to examine whether there is an optimal intensity for R&D subsidies through an analysis of their impact on private R&D effort. We examine the decisions of a public agency to grant subsidies taking into account not only the characteristics of the firms but also, as few previous studies have done to date, those of the R&D projects. In determining the optimal subsidy we use both parametric and nonparametric techniques. The results show a non-linear relationship between the percentage of subsidy received and the firms' R&D effort. These results have implications for technology policy, particularly for the design of R&D subsidies that ensure enhanced effectiveness. |