Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?

Pierre Mohnen and Charles Bérubé
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Charles Bérubé: Industry Canada

No 2007-015, MERIT Working Papers from United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)

Abstract: This paper looks at the effectiveness of R&D grants for Canadian plants that already benefit from R&D tax credits. Using a non-parametric matching estimator, we find that firms that benefited from both policy measures introduced more new products than their counterparts that only benefited from R&D tax incentives. They also made more world-first product innovations and were more successful in commercializing their innovations.

Keywords: Innovations; R&D; Matching Estimators; Mahalanobis; Innovation Survey; Tax Credits; Grants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 H25 O31 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Journal Article: Are firms that receive R&D subsidies more innovative? (2009)
Working Paper: Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative? (2007)
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