Are firms that receive R&D subsidies more innovative?

Charles Bérubé and Pierre Mohnen

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, vol. 42, issue 1, 206-225

Abstract: 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 and data from the 2005 Survey of Innovation from Statistics Canada, 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. The paper gives also a detailed step‐by‐step explanation of how to apply the non‐parametric matching technique. Cette étude examine l'efficacité des subventions à la recherche‐développement pour les établissements canadiens qui bénéficient déjà de crédits d'impôt à la recherche. En utilisant un estimateur non‐paramétrique d'appariement, nous trouvons que les établissements qui bénéficient des deux mesures de soutien à la recherche introduisent plus de nouveaux produits sur le marché que celles qui ne bénéficient que des crédits d'impôt. Elles réussissent aussi à mettre plus de premières mondiales sur le marché et à mieux commercialiser leurs nouveaux produits. Nous exposons aussi en détail les étapes à suivre pour une estimation non‐paramétrique d'appariement.

Date: 2009
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Journal Article: Are firms that receive R&D subsidies more innovative? (2009)
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