Les politiques de science et technologie et l'objectif de Lisbonne

Bruno Van Pottelsberghe De La Potterie
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (bruno.vanpottelsberghe@uni-corvinus.hu)

Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 2004, vol. XLIII, issue 1, 69-86

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the Lisbon objective regarding the level of the European R&D intensity can be fulfi|ted. It first explains why the R&D intensity varies significantly across country. The countries with the highest R&D intensity ratio satisfy at least one of the following criteria: i) a large and homogeneous domestic market; ii) a strong specialization in a high-tech sector; iii) a strong support for academic research; and iv) substantial government support (either subsidies or tax credit) to business R&D. Belgium is a laggard in each of these criteria. The optimal government support would correspond to about a 12 % subsidization rate and a doubling of academic research.

Keywords: Science and technology policies; D intensity; subsidies; D tax credits; public research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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