We study the effects of the car scrapping subsidies in Europe during the financial crisis. We make use of a rich data …

-tech sectors. Therefore, the effect of subsidies on both R&D input and R&D output is compared between independent high-tech young … highest for independent high-tech firms. The indirect effect of subsidies on R&D output is evaluated within a patent …

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 … Germany during the crisis years. In the first crisis year, the additionality effect induced by public support was, however …

This paper integrates innovation input and output effects of R&D subsidies into a modified Crépon–Duguet–Mairesse (CDM …) model. Our results largely confirm insights of the input additionality literature, i.e. public subsidies complement private …

this paper we exploit a novel dataset of patent applications filed in Germany between 1995-2005, which allows us to …

This paper explores the impact of R&D subsidies on the concentration of R&D in an economy. First, governments are often … affects product market concentration. We test the relationship between R&D subsidies and R&D concentration employing treatment … indices for the population of firms for both the actual situation where some selected companies receive R&D subsidies and the …

In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is … Germany, that was conducted as a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI). In the survey, respondents were asked directly … different policy options, such as public subsidies and energy tax increases. -- Building energy retrofit ; Choice experiment …

In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the … welfare effects of R&D subsidies distributed through the German federal government’s thematic R&D programs between 1994 and … government, the estimated average social rate of return is 34% for Germany in the period 1994 to 2011. Thereby effects on firm …