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Are firms withdrawing from basic research? : an analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany
Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel; Blind, Knut; … - 2020
Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by …-intensive industries. Beyond that, we observe positive trends in publishing in basic research journals compared to journals focused on … applied research, and publishing in collaboration with academic partners compared to publishing alone. Thus, our results paint …
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Profit taxation, R&D spending, and innovation
Lichter, Andreas; Löffler, Max; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; … - 2021
We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel data which approximately covers the universe of R&D-active plants in Germany, we exploit around 7,300 changes in the municipal business tax rate over the period 1987-2013 for...
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Buyers' workload and R&D procurement outcomes : evidence from the US Air Force Research Lab
Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Raiteri, Emilio - 2021
Does workload constitute a bottleneck to a public agency’s mission, and if so, to what extent? We ask these questions in the context of the US government’s procurement of R&D. We link tender, contract, patent, and office records to the identity of the officer responsible for the procurement...
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Public procurement as an innovation policy : where do we stand?
Chiappinelli, Olga; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Spagnolo, … - 2023
? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI … research needs and policy insights in light of current global challenges. …
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Peer effects in science : evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian (contributor) - 2009
This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
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Uncertainty and the dynamics of R&D
Bloom, Nicholas (contributor) - 2007
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A Schumpeterian vintage capital model : an attempt at synthesis
Boucekkine, Raouf; Río Iglesias, Fernando del; … - 2000
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The long-term effect of research grants on the scientific output of university professors
Hussinger, Katrin; Carvalho, João N. - 2021
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Opening up military innovation : causal effects of "bottom-up" reforms to U.S. defense research
Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509973
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The long-term effect of research grants on the scientific output of university professors
Hussinger, Katrin; Carvalho, João N. - 2021
A major source of research funding for university professors are competitive research grants. With focus on Luxembourg …, we present results from a difference-in-difference analysis which show that research grants by the Luxembourg National … Research Fund (FNR), the central research funding agency in Luxembourg, increase the scientific output of university professors …
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