Demeulemeester, Sarah; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2015
of certification in which the subsidy signals the quality of the firm's R&D to external lenders rather than a 'resource … effect', i.e. the direct liquidity impact of the subsidy, explains this observation. The comparison between young and … firms seem to benefit from a 'formation effect' through learning from the subsidy application process. Application …