This paper investigates empirically firm investment behavior in research and development (R&D). Firms make investments in R&D in order to produce innovations. These innovations in turn improve the firm's future productivity level, pro tability and incentives to invest in R&D. Using German...

Die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik steht nach der Bundestagswahl vor großen Herausforderungen, etwa im Hinblick auf die Dekarbonisierung, die Digitalisierung und Modernisierung der öffentlichen Verwaltung sowie den demographischer Wandel und seine Folgen für die sozialen Sicherungssysteme....

Innovation is regarded as a key driver of productivity and market growth and thus has a great potential for increasing wealth. Surveying innovation activities of firms is an important contribution to a better understanding of the process of innovation and how policy may intervene to maximise the...

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of an ideal test (Hall 2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they selected additional innovation projects, they...