In the attempt to boost innovation, policy-makers have enacted a myriad of programs targeting innovative start-ups in recent years. Empirical evidence on these initiatives has almost exclusively focused on national-level programs, overlooking those implemented at the local level. This paper...

Developing activities in areas other than finance would help to sustain growth and deal with the declining potential output and trend productivity growth that Luxembourg’s economy is facing. Given the relatively high labour costs, Luxembourg’s future comparative advantages are likely to lie...

This paper studies the welfare effects of Ramp;D subsidies. We develop a model of continuous optimal treatment with outcome heterogeneity where the treatment outcome depends on applicant investment. The model takes into account heterogeneous application costs and identifies the treatment effect...

Using proprietary data of all high-tech incubators in China, we study a new approach by government to implement industrial policy through market intermediaries instead of directly allocating resources. Exploiting a highly localized industrial policy that targets different ``strategic emerging...

Spanish Abstract: Resultados de investigación realizada durante 2012, orientada a identificar cambios que la Ley Reguladora del Uso de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en la Administración de Justicia (LU TIC AJ) implica para la modernización de la Administración de...

Ponencia que muestra los resultados de estudio realizado sobre la implantación de las arquitecturas y marcos de interoperabilidad europeos existentes hasta la fecha, especialmente aquéllos maduros y con contribuciones destacadas, como SAGA en Alemania, GIF y posteriormente UKRA en el Reino...