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We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...
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innovation, we characterize such "radical teams" as those formed by eclectic and non-usual collaborators, and those that are …
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gains taxation, innovation subsidies, public R&D spending and other policy initiatives. …
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Government investment in university research results in greater output and impact. To better capture economic benefits stemming from university research, governments have developed funding programs specifically targeting university-industry collaboration. However, little is known about the...
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This policy note investigates whether the current level of public support to environment-friendly technologies is sufficient to allow European countries to respond to the multiple challenges posed by climate change and other environmental concerns. We first lay out the justifications for...
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Green innovation is essential for climate change mitigation, but not all innovative projects deliver equal social value …. We consider innovator heterogeneity in a model where the policy maker cannot observe innovation quality and directly … subsidize the socially most valuable green innovations. We find that carbon pricing works as an innovation screening device …
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During the latter part of the 1990s the introduction of the euro, the dramatic increase in the supply of venture capital in most EU countries, and the creation of several new equity markets targeted at innovative firms have dramatically transformed the financing prospects of European...
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employment. In this context, the promotion of a concept called regional innovation system has recently become important in the EU … degrees of innovation promotion by the EU from one region to another. Since regional-policy strategies should have been … subject to a new orientation towards more innovation promotion, we are particularly interested in whether the EU's co …
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We quantify general equilibrium effects of place-based policies in a multi-region framework with mobility, trade and agglomeration economies. Using detailed data on EU transfers, we infer the local effects of different transfer types on productivity, income and transportation cost. Based on...
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