Long-Term Productivity Effects of Public Support to Innovation in Colombia

Gustavo Crespi, Lucas Figal Garone (), Alessandro Maffioli and Marcela Melendez

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015, vol. 51, issue 1, 48-64

Abstract: In this study, we evaluate the effect of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation Agency (COLCIENCIAS). The evaluation focuses on programs that provide financial incentives for research and development (R&D)—matching grants and contingent loans—and encourage the formation of linkages among firms, universities, and other public research organizations. We use longitudinal firm-level data and adopt a fixed effects identification strategy to control for potential selection biases. The findings show that COLCIENCIAS financial incentives have increased labor productivity as a result of gains in total factor productivity (TFP) due to product diversification and, to a lesser extent, of capital intensification.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2015.998080

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