Guellec, Dominique; Potterie, Bruno Van Pottelsberghe De La - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 12 (2003) 3, pp. 225-243
This paper attempts to quantify the aggregate net effect of government funding on business R&D in 17 OECD Member countries over the past two decades. Grants, procurement, tax incentives and direct performance of research (in public laboratories or universities) are the major policy tools in the...