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The impact of R&D subsidies during the crisis
Hud, Martin; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This study investigates the impact of R&D subsidies on R&D investment during the past financial crisis. We conduct a … treatment effects analysis and show that R&D subsidies increased R&D spending among subsidized small and medium sized firms in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957640
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Efficient contracts for government intervention in promoting next generation communications networks
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Holzleitner, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based ('next generation access', NGA) telecommunications infrastructure seem to be uncontroversial, a universal NGA coverage appears to be a rather unrealistic objective without government intervention. We contend, however, that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957680
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(International) R&D collaboration and SMEs: The effectiveness of targeted public R&D support schemes
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
the desired objectives on input as well as output additionality. Our results show that the targeted R&D subsidies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957685
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Innovation subsidies: Does the funding source matter for innovation intensity and performance? Empirical evidence from Germany
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Applying a variant of a non-parametric matching estimator, we consider European funding and national funding as heterogeneous treatments, distinguishing and simultaneously analyzing the effect these treatments have on innovation input and performance. In terms of input, getting funding from both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283663
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Public R&D Policy: The Right Turns of the Wrong Screw? The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry
Fier, Andreas; Heneric, Oliver - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
The German biotechnology industry missed the accession of this key technology in the 1980s. Policy makers make different efforts to overcome shortcomings and recent gaps. Public funding schemes have been implemented to establish a flourish biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097735
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The Link Between R&D Subsidies, R&D Spending and Technological Performance
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
main focus is the direct impact of subsidies on R&D and the indirect effect on innovation output measured by patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098029
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Using Innovation Survey Data to Evaluate R&D Policy: The Case of Belgium
Aerts, Kris; Czarnitzki, Dirk - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This study focuses on the impact of R&D policies in Flanders. We conduct a treatment effects analysis at the firm level to investigate possible crowdingout effects on the input side of the innovation process. Different specifications of R&D activity are considered as outcome variables in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098065
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Two for the price of one? On additionality effects of R&D subsidies: A comparison between Flanders and Germany
Aerts, Kris; Schmidt, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
In this paper we empirically test whether public R&D subsidies crowd out private R&D investment in Flanders and Germany …. In the domain of additionality effects of R&D subsidies, this paper is the first to apply the CDiDRCS method. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098172
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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure: A survey
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
implementation and competitive market structures including allowance of co-investment models, and iii) public subsidies to cover non … policies, and even fewer studies analyze the impact of public subsidies on new communications deployment. Moreover, our work … options for different market structures and for varying degrees of externalities. We find that public subsidies are the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122571
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Measuring fuel poverty: General considerations and application to German household data
Heindl, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty measurement consists of two largely independent parts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957750