We use a French firm-level panel data set over the period 1993-2004 to analyze the relationship between credit constraints and firms' R&D behavior over the business cycle. Our main results can be summarized as follows: (i) the share of R&D investment over total investment is countercyclical...

French Abstract: Dérivé du terme crowdsourcing, le crowdfunding (ou financement participatif) est une méthode de levée de fonds, principalement sur Internet, qui s'appuie sur les réseaux sociaux et les plates-formes communautaires. Face aux contraintes réglementaires restreignant son...

We investigate the private returns for academics that start new businesses. Total earnings for the universe of 478 individuals working at Swedish universities who quit to become full-time entrepreneurs between 1999 and 2008 are compiled. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analysis...